Intestates' Estates Act, 1954

Where property passing as on intestacy exceeds £4,000.

4.—(1) If the net value of the property as to which there is an intestacy exceeds four thousand pounds, the widow shall be entitled to four thousand pounds part thereof absolutely and exclusively and shall have a charge on the whole of such property for such four thousand pounds, with interest thereon from the date of the death at four per cent. per annum until payment.

(2) As between the real and personal representatives of the deceased, such charge shall be borne and paid in proportion to the values of the real and personal estates respectively as to which he dies intestate.