Sara dies in a wreck while in Myrtle Beach, S.C. but lives in Greenville, S.C. She dies without a will. Sara is survived by her son, David, and his two children, Sam and Bill. Her sister, Mary, and her deceased brother's two children, Anita and Tricia, also survive Sara. Sara's daughter, Sharon, has predeceased her, but Sharon's adopted son, Elliott, survives Sara.

assume David, Sam and Bill predecease Sara, as well as Sharon and Elliott. Who will inherit Sara's estate and in what shares? I think "Sara's estate would pass to her sister, Mary, and her deceased brother's two children, Anita and Tricia, as her next closest living relatives under South Carolina intestacy laws. They would each inherit an equal share of the estate." But what in shares exactly?

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