University of Arkansas, Fayetteville ScholarWorks@UARK Annual of the Arkansas Natural Resources Law School of Law Institute 2-2009 Basic Arkansas Intestate Succession, Rights of Surviving Spouses, and Related Curative Techniques for Lawyers and Landmen J. Mark Robinette Jr. Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/anrlaw Part of the Property Law and Real Estate Commons Recommended Citation Robinette, J. Mark Jr., "Basic Arkansas Intestate Succession, Rights of Surviving Spouses, and Related Curative Techniques for Lawyers and Landmen" (2009). Annual of the Arkansas Natural Resources Law Institute. 113. http://scholarworks.uark.edu/anrlaw/113 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Law at ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Annual of the Arkansas Natural Resources Law Institute by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. BASIC ARKANSAS INTESTATE SUCCESSION, RIGHTS OF SURVIVING SPOUSES, AND RELATED CURATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR LAWYERS AND LANDMEN BY 1 J. MARK ROBINETTE JR. I. Introduction Mineral interests may lay dormant for decades before becoming productive. In the interim, however, the owners of these interests do not lay dormant. They live long lives, marry, have children, and eventually, they die. Some of these persons have well-laid estate plans, know the nature and extent of their property, and upon their departure to the hereafter, leave their affairs in meticulous order with no question of who is entitled to what and where. Others depart this life leaving little more than a treasure map and their descendants.