EVERYTHING!  With exception of paying off debts the spouse gets everything and the children or other relatives get nothing.  The children will only get anything after the surviving spouse dies.  A child may be allowed to collect but only if the child is not the child of the surving spouse.  This is very rare but in this case the surviving spouse would get ˝ of the real property i.e. land, all exempt personal property such as clothing, $2,000 worth of household goods, life insurance policies, pension benefits, 1 car, farming tools, a right to live in the couple home for the rest of the surviving spouse’s life and ˝ of all other personal property after payment of debts.  The law also says the surviving spouse must get at least $50,000 from the above provisions or they may be given a larger percentage of the estate.  A divorce between the spouses destroys the above rights.