Are you entitled to inheritance when your spouse dies?

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Yes, you do. Spouses are automatically entitled to inherit from each other under the Inheritance Act.
How much you are entitled to inherit from your spouse depends entirely on whether you have children in common or whether the deceased had special children. This means that you had a child from a previous relationship or with a person other than your spouse.
The starting point is that the spouse, if there are children involved, inherits a
quarter minimum 4G, and if there are no children involved, the spouse inherits a half share, minimum 6G. If you want to change these fractions, you need to make a will.