Topic
Intestacy
138 published works
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Your Parent Didn’t Have A Will: What Should You Do Now?
People regularly believe that if they do not have a hefty amount in savings or lofty assets, there is no need for a will. They may think passing along their…
Pennsylvania Family Law
ASCENDING MOUNT SCARPACI: A Lesson in Intestacy, Taking Against a Will & Getting Divorce Grounds Established
A Superior Court decision last month by Judges Lazarus, Bowes and Ott reminds divorce practitioners that there are distinctions to be drawn between the rights of intestate surviving spouses and…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article on Intestacy, Wills, and Intent: A Short Comment on Wright & Sterner
David Horton recently posted an Article entitled, Intestacy, Wills, and Intent: A Short Comment on Wright & Sterner, Wills, Trusts, & Estates Law eJournal (2018). Provided below is an abstract…
Probate & Estates Blog
Why People Don’t Make Wills….or…..Why Don’t People Make Wills?
By Barry Seidel
WHO SHOULD MAKE A WILL AND WHY DON’T THEY? What happens when a person dies without a Will? Contrary to popular misconception, their assets do NOT “go to the State”.…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article on Honoring Probable Intent in Intestacy: An Empirical Assessment of the Default Rules and the Modern Family
Danaya C. Wright & Beth Sterner recently published an Article entitled, Honoring Probable Intent in Intestacy: An Empirical Assessment of the Default Rules and the Modern Family, 42 ACTEC Law Journal…
The Fiduciary Litigator
Court Held That A Testator Was Partially Intestate And Did Not Leave His Real Property To His Niece Under His Will
In In re Estate of Neal, Larry Ronald Neal executed a will in which he bequeathed his personal property to his niece, Valorie Jean White, and omitted a devise to…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article on What’s Wrong with Partial Intestacy?
Richard F. Storrow recently published an Article entitled, What's Wrong with Partial Intestacy?, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Law eJournal (2017). Provided below is an abstract of the Article:This article questions…
Probate & Estates Blog
Basic New York Intestacy – Who Inherits When There is No Will
By Barry Seidel
What happens when a person dies without a Will? Contrary to popular misconception, their assets do NOT “go to the State”. When there is no will, and a person dies,…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Heirs May Not Have to be Blood Related to Inherit Some of Prince’s Estate
In recent legal developments, potential heirs are finding out that you may not have to be a blood relative to inherit some of Prince’s estate. Because Prince died intestate, his…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
How Complex Family Situations Impact Intestacy Statutes
Stephanie Pierce recently published a Note entitled, Probable Intent vs. Certainty: The Missouri Probate Court and the Uniform Probate Code, 80 Mo. L. Rev. 833 (2015). Provided below is a…