Law of the land: My cheating husband has written me out of his will

If your husband left you nothing in his will, you may still have legal rights to a portion of his estate, writes solicitor Karen Walsh.

In Ireland, the Succession Act 1965 sets out the rules for how a person's estate will be distributed after their death.

Dear Karen,

My husband left me years ago and went to live with another woman and had a child with her. He went to a new solicitor and told them  that he was not married and made a will leaving a share to his girlfriend and a share to his child from that relationship.