enacted statutes that permit a pretermitted child to demand an inheritance under the will. Some statutes allow a pretermitted child to claim their intestate...

only be decreased on account of some very specific misconduct by the forced heir. In matters of cross-border inheritance, the "laws of succession" is the...

testator was required to nominate an heir in order for his will to be valid (heredis institutio). Failure to nominate an heir or failure to observe the proper...

Satisfaction of legacies Acts of independent significance Elective share Pretermitted heir Trusts Express Resulting Constructive Common types Bare Discretionary...

Heirs property, or heirs' property, refers to property that is passed between generations of family members without the involvement of local probate courts...

Satisfaction of legacies Acts of independent significance Elective share Pretermitted heir Trusts Express Resulting Constructive Common types Bare Discretionary...

rule, rather than limiting it. For example, where the statute requires the heir to have been convicted to bar inheritance, a common law slayer rule that...

Satisfaction of legacies Acts of independent significance Elective share Pretermitted heir Trusts Express Resulting Constructive Common types Bare Discretionary...

future incapacity or death. The planning includes the bequest of assets to heirs, loved ones, and/or charity, and may include minimizing gift, estate, and...

Satisfaction of legacies Acts of independent significance Elective share Pretermitted heir Trusts Express Resulting Constructive Common types Bare Discretionary...

residuary legatee. Such a clause may state that, in the event all other heirs predecease the testator, the estate would pass to a charity (that would...

after their will has been written, the law writes this pretermitted spouse or pretermitted heir into the will if no provision for this situation was specifically...

Satisfaction of legacies Acts of independent significance Elective share Pretermitted heir Trusts Express Resulting Constructive Common types Bare Discretionary...

whomever he or she chooses. Takers in the forced estate are known as forced heirs. The expression comes from Louisianan legal language and is ultimately a...

potential heirs in intestate estates, especially with the advent of inexpensive DNA profiling techniques. In some situations, however, even biological heirs can...

off all necessary debts, and distributing the remains to the decedent’s heirs. However, these Administrators do not hold unlimited responsibilities but...

Satisfaction of legacies Acts of independent significance Elective share Pretermitted heir Trusts Express Resulting Constructive Common types Bare Discretionary...

Satisfaction of legacies Acts of independent significance Elective share Pretermitted heir Trusts Express Resulting Constructive Common types Bare Discretionary...

lost the ability to will the land to heirs other than those in direct lineage. There could be no bypassing of heirs with a cestui que. This condition was...

of the trust term, the remainder can either go back to the donor or to heirs named by the donor. The donor may sometimes claim a charitable income tax...

Satisfaction of legacies Acts of independent significance Elective share Pretermitted heir Trusts Express Resulting Constructive Common types Bare Discretionary...

rules of mortmain under which property disposed of otherwise than to a legal heir was subject to forfeiture in certain circumstances. Following abolition of...

previous testaments; the provision of statutory entitlements to statutory heirs, such as children, spouse, registered partner, etc.; the place and date...

Satisfaction of legacies Acts of independent significance Elective share Pretermitted heir Trusts Express Resulting Constructive Common types Bare Discretionary...

Satisfaction of legacies Acts of independent significance Elective share Pretermitted heir Trusts Express Resulting Constructive Common types Bare Discretionary...

Satisfaction of legacies Acts of independent significance Elective share Pretermitted heir Trusts Express Resulting Constructive Common types Bare Discretionary...

the court will grant administration to the heir to the exclusion of the next of kin. In the absence of any heir or next of kin, the Crown has the right to...

Satisfaction of legacies Acts of independent significance Elective share Pretermitted heir Trusts Express Resulting Constructive Common types Bare Discretionary...

Satisfaction of legacies Acts of independent significance Elective share Pretermitted heir Trusts Express Resulting Constructive Common types Bare Discretionary...

test implies that a typical claimant in a will contest is a disgruntled heir who believes they should have received a larger share than they did under...