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Kenji wrote:
> 
> In article <rstrrtchen53dpcbu5q60daaqlv2ftpv0e@4ax.com>,
>  Joe <JWC@his.com> wrote:
> 
> > Kenji  <kenji@enteract.com> wrote:
> >
> > >In article <7cffa2b0.0110050440.d5260a9@posting.google.com>,
> > > benny_patrick@hotmail.com (Fabrikant) wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >His children would be victims, according to estate law. The first wife
> > >he legally married and their children would be the sole benefactors for
> > >life insurance, and any property upon his death.
> > >
> > >What happens to the other "wives" and kids? I think they would be shit
> > >out of luck.
> >
> > So  you are saying that in Utah I can't make anyone I wanted benefactors of
> > my Will and beneficiaries of my life insurance????????????
> 
> I said estate law. Upon his death his debts that were secured would most
> likely be secured by him and a spouse. Not spouses.
> 
> True he could write his will anyway he wanted. Life insurance I'm not
> sure of in Utah. If he has none of the above his property would only be
> distributed to 1st wife and kids.

With no will, only the other wives would be out of luck.

All of his kids are his, regardless of who their mother is.  Utah Code 75-2-114
(1) specifies "... for purposes of intestate succession by, through, 
or from a person, an individual is the child of the individual's 
natural parents, regardless of their marital status."  Only exception is in the
case of adoption where both natural parents give up their parental rights, which
doesn't apply in this case. 

Utah law is pretty clear cut for intestate succession, even for oddball
situations like this. (After all, this is certainly not the first time this kind
of thing has occurred.)  In the situation described, generally the surviving
legal spouse would receive $50,000 plus 1/2 of any balance of the intestate
amount;  rest would be divided equally between _all_ the children. In the event
that none of the mothers were determined to be the legal spouse, the entire
amount would be divided equally between the kids.

Kind of a moot point, though.  I don't think the guy's worth a hill of beans.