Valerie and Vlad are devastated with the passing of their father on December $1,2023,$ especially as they had lost their mother a year earlier to COVID. To make matters worse, their father married Ivanka a few months after their mother died and now she $($their new stepmother$)$ is getting the entire inheritance of $$325,000.$ This distribution is called $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.$ Both Valerie and Vlad know their father passed away without a Will but also believe their father wanted to leave them something after he died. Both children live in Montreal and are driving to Toronto where their father lived to meet with Ivanka to see if something can be done.

Select one:

a$.$

notarized share

b$.$

liquidation assets

c$.$

residue

d$.$

widower$$s share

e$.$

preferential share