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A parent dies intestate (without a will) in Tennessee, survived by a spouse and two children. On the NextGen exam, a question supplies the intestacy statute. Generally, under typical intestacy schemes when a decedent leaves a spouse and descendants, how is the estate distributed?

Entirely to the spouse, excluding the children Entirely to the decedent's parents Entirely to the state by escheat Shared between the surviving spouse and the descendants according to the intestacy statute's formula

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Shared between the surviving spouse and the descendants according to the intestacy statute's formula

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