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Intestacy
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HEIRS & SUCCESSES
Judicial Advice & Intestacy
Grant Edward Flitton passed away between 3 and 4 March 2018 without leaving a will. On 7 March 2019, letters of administration for his estate were granted to the Public…
HEIRS & SUCCESSES
Significant Relationship on Intestacy
GFR v SRP [2023] TASSC 15 concerns the estate of HMW (the deceased), who died intestate on 4 September 2021. The central issue is whether SRP, the mother of the…
Archer Estate & Trust Litigation Law
Presumption of Revocation Found For Decedent’s Will Executed Before Marriage and Birth of Children
In re Estate of Kremer, 2024 WL 4964639 (N.J. Super. Dec. 4, 2024) This case deals with revocation of wills and related points. Bonnie Levine executed a will in 1992. …
HEIRS & SUCCESSES
Adverse possession & Intestacy
Rogers v Registrar General of NSW [2024] NSWSC 590 was an adverse possession claim concerning a cottage owned by the late Joseph Louis Saric at Gymea Bay. Adverse possession, also…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Hirsch: Beyond Privity of Blood: Intestacy and Charity
Adam J. Hirsch (University of San Diego) has posted Beyond Privity of Blood: Intestacy and Charity, U.C. L.J. (forthcoming 2025). Here is the abstract:When individuals die without leaving a will,…
HEIRS & SUCCESSES
Burial Rights on Intestacy in Western Australia
Section 4 of the Administration Act 1903 (WA) upholds the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in deciding who should take charge of a funeral and how that person should manage…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article: Beyond Privity of Blood: Intestacy and Charity
Adam J. Hirsch (University of San Diego School of Law) recently published, Beyond Privity of Blood: Intestacy and Charity, 2024. Provided below is an Abstract: When individuals die without leaving…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article: Beyond Privity of Blood: Intestacy and Charity
Adam J. Hirsch (University of San Diego School of Law) recently published, Beyond Privity of Blood: Intestacy and Charity, 2024. Provided below is an Abstract:When individuals die without leaving a…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Should intestate shares be created for charities rather than relatives?
Adam Hirsch (Napoleon Jones Professor of Law and Herzog Endowed Scholar, University of San Diego School of Law) has recently posted on SSRN his article entitled Beyond Privity of Blood:…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Draft will revokes earlier formal will, leads to intestacy: BC Supreme Court
Court found draft will accurately reflected deceased's ultimate wishes to revoke the earlier will