Chadwick Boseman, the actor behind Marvel Comic’s titular character in Black Panther, died earlier this year at the age of 43. Doctors diagnosed Boseman with stage III colon cancer in 2016, and he battled it in secret as it progressed to a terminal, stage IV diagnosis. Despite having four years to determine how to divide his estate, he did not execute a will. So, what is to happen with his estimated $12 million estate? When someone dies without a will or some other estate plan in place, their assets pass via “intestate succession”. Simply put, intestacy laws are state statutes that substitute for a will when someone dies without one. …