▁of ▁kin ship ▁with ▁the ▁dece ased , ▁no ▁matter ▁how ▁distant ▁the ▁relation . ▁ ▁Some ▁juris dict ions ▁have ▁a ▁la ughing ▁he ir ▁stat ute , ▁which ▁cut s ▁off ▁the ▁right ▁of ▁inheritance ▁when ▁the ▁remaining ▁relatives ▁become ▁too ▁remote . ▁In ▁such ▁juris dict ions , ▁if ▁no ▁relative ▁falls ▁within ▁the ▁limitation ▁set ▁by ▁the ▁stat ute , ▁then ▁the ▁property ▁es che ats ▁to ▁the ▁state . ▁▁ ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁§ 2 - 1 0 3 ▁of ▁the ▁Un iform ▁Pro b ate ▁Code , ▁which ▁has ▁been ▁adopted ▁by ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁states , ▁sets ▁the ▁outer ▁limits ▁of ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁inheritance ▁with ▁grand par ents , ▁a un ts ▁and ▁un cles , ▁and ▁first ▁c ous ins . ▁Under ▁the ▁code , ▁he irs ▁that ▁are ▁farther ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁dece ased ▁are ▁left ▁with ▁no ▁claim ▁to ▁the ▁estate ▁at ▁all . ▁By ▁contrast , ▁some ▁US ▁states ▁( such ▁as ▁Virginia ) ▁have ▁extended ▁the ▁principle ▁to ▁cover ▁the ▁family ▁of ▁a ▁prede ce ased ▁sp ouse . ▁In ▁those ▁states , ▁if ▁the ▁de ced ent ▁had ▁been ▁married , ▁and ▁their ▁sp ouse ▁had ▁died ▁before ▁the ▁de ced ent , ▁and ▁if ▁the ▁de ced ent ▁had ▁no ▁blood ▁relatives ▁at ▁all , ▁then ▁the ▁de ced ent ' s ▁property ▁would ▁pass ▁to ▁any ▁living ▁relatives ▁of ▁the ▁sp ouse , ▁no ▁matter ▁how ▁remote . ▁ ▁Jur is dict ions ▁with ▁no