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Intestacy
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Elder Law Prof Blog
From the WILLS, TRUSTS, & ESTATES LAW eJOURNAL
"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" Cornell Law Review, Vol. 96, No. 1, 2010JASON…
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.…
Pennsylvania Law Monitor
What Happens if you Die Without a Will in Pennsylvania?
Clients often ask what happens in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania if they die without a will. It is a common misconception that if you die in Pennsylvania without a will…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Intestacy in the United Kingdom
The benefits of dying testate in the United Kingdom are very similar to those in the United States. These benefits and a brief discussion of intestacy rules in the UK are…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Browne C. Lewis on Afterdeath Children
Browne C. Lewis (Cleveland State University - Cleveland-Marshall College of Law) has posted Dead Men Reproducing: Responding to the Existence of Afterdeath Children on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Medical…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Probate Researchers Bring Good News While Uncovering Family Secrets
The following is from Katie Dailey, Dying without a will leaves a fortune behind, women.timesonline.co.uk, March 6, 2008:In the middle of the night, the Government publishes a list of those…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Equitable Adoption Analyzed
Michael J. Higdon (Lawyering Process Professor, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada) has recently posted on SSRN his article entitled When Informal Adoption Meets Intestate Succession: The…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Intestacy and the Posthumously Conceived Heir
Joseph H. Karlin (J.D. Candidate, Temple University Law School) has recently published his Comment entitled "Daddy, Can You Spare a Dime?": Intestate Heir Rights of Posthumously Conceived Children, 79 Temp.…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Chris Benoit’s ‘Roid Rage Triggers Complex Intestacy Issues
In June 2007, pro wrestler Chris Benoit went into a "'roid-rage" (extreme anger triggered by high does of steroids) killing his wife, son, and himself.His actions have now triggered complex…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Gift to pretermitted child’s other parent prevents child’s claim notwithstanding divorce
The decedent made a will giving all his estate to his spouse, omitting children from a prior marriage. The decedent and his spouse had a child, then divorced. The decedent died without…