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PropertyProf Blog
Gallanis & Gittler on the Inheritance Rights of Caregivers
By propertyprof
Thomas Gallanis (Iowa) & Josephine Gittler (Iowa) have posted Family Caregiving and the Law of Succession: A Proposal (Michigan Journal of Law Reform) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:As the American…
PropertyProf Blog
Alsgaard on Gender Disparities in Farm Inheritance
By propertyprof
Hannah Alsgaard (Berkeley - student) has posted Rural Inheritance: Gender Disparities in Farm Transmission (North Dakota Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:Farmers are farmers’ sons. Notable in our modern…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Kristine Knaplund on Children of Assisted Reproduction Technology
KristineS. Knaplund (Pepperdine University School of Law) has posted Children ofAssisted Reproduction on SSRN. Here is the abstract: More than three decadesafter the birth of the first child conceived through in…
PropertyProf Blog
Kelly on the Uniform Probate Code
By propertyprof
Dan Kelly (Notre Dame) has posted Toward Economic Analysis of the Uniform Probate Code (Michigan Journal of Law Reform) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:Insights from economics and the economic analysis…
Family Law Prof Blog
Beekman: “Same-Sex Second-Parent Adoption and Intestacy Law: Applying the Sharon S. Model of ‘Simultaneous’ Adoption to Parent-Child Provisions of the Uniform Probate Code”
By Family Law
Jason Carey Beekman has posted "Same-Sex Second-Parent Adoption and Intestacy Law: Applying the Sharon S. Model of 'Simultaneous' Adoption to Parent–Child Provisions of the Uniform Probate Code" (96 Cornell L.…
Asset Protection Law Journal
Pet Trusts
By Ken Laino
Pet trusts are becoming more and more common. As noted on the ASPCA website, a pet trust is a legally sanctioned arrangement that provides for the care and maintenance of…
Family Law Prof Blog
Waggoner: “The Uniform Probate Code’s Elective Share: Time for a Reassessment (With an Addendum Reporting on Post-Publication Amendments)”
By Family Law
Lawrence Waggoner (University of Michigan Law School) has posted "The Uniform Probate Code’s Elective Share: Time for a Reassessment (With an Addendum Reporting on Post-Publication Amendments)" on SSRN. Here is…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Sheldon Kurtz and Lawrence Waggoner on the Uniform Probate Code and What it Means for Children of Assisted Reproduction
Sheldon F. Kurtz (University of Iowa College of Law) and Lawrence W. Waggoner (University of Michigan Law School) have posted The Uniform Probate Code Addresses the Class-Gift and Intestacy Rights of Children…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
September 17, 2007 Discussion Draft of UPC Amendments
The September 17, 2007 discussion draft of amendments to the Uniform Probate Code are particularly focused on issues related to children born through assisted reproduction.The draft appears to provide that…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Intestacy and Step-Partner Adoptions
Peter T. Wendel (Professor of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law), has recently published an article entitled Inheritance Rights and the Step-Partner Adoption Paradigm: Shades of the Discrimination Against Illegitimate…