Topic
Intestacy
138 published works
PropertyProf Blog
Weisbord on The Connection Between Unintentional Intestacy and Urban Poverty
Reid Weisbord (Rutgers) has posted The Connection Between Unintentional Intestacy and Urban Poverty (Rutgers Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:Most people think of estate planning and testamentary freedom as…
The Faculty Lounge
Probate Code Wiki: Everyone a Legislator
Thanks to Gerry Beyer's wills, trusts, and estates blog I see that a legislator in California has set up a wiki to "allow citizens 'to draft a piece of legislation…
PropertyProf Blog
Hirsch on Incomplete Wills
By propertyprof
Adam Hirsch (San Diego) has posted Incomplete Wills (Michigan Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:This Article explores the problems that arise when a will fails to dispose of an…
New Jersey Law Blog
Intestacy in a Will Contest
In this blog, we will examine what effects, if any, a finding of intestacy may have when a party is seeking to invalidate a Will. I discussed in previous blogs…
Salmonella Blog
Salmonella Sushi in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, D.C., Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin
A total of 93 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Bareilly have been reported from 19 states and the District of Columbia. The number of ill people identified in…
New Jersey Law Blog
What Happens if I Die Without a Will?
If someone were to die without having a will in place, a common misconception that is often times mentioned is that the deceased's assets are turned over to the State.…
Matrimonial Matters
The Importance of a Will
In Ontario, where a person dies without a valid will, they are said to have died “intestate.” When a person dies intestate, the Ontario Succession Law Reform Act stipulates that…
Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog
Effective October 1, 2011, a surviving spouse’s intestate share of an estate will go up from 50% to 100% of the estate if the decedent’s descendents are also descendents of the surviving spouse
Effective October 1, 2011, a surviving spouse's intestate share of an estate will go up from 50% to 100% of the estate if the decedent's descendants are also descendants of…
The Faculty Lounge
If Churchill Tried to School Gandhi on the Laws of Intestacy
Above is a short video (approx. 3 minutes) that I made today for my Wills, Trusts & Estates students. We're now covering the laws of intestacy. I set out to…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Intestacy in England and Wales
Alun Humphrey (National Centre for Social Research), Gareth Morrell (National Centre for Social Research), Lisa Mills (National Centre for Social Research), Gillian Douglas (Professor of Law, Cardiff Law School), and…