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- Title
"THE LAUGHING HEIR" WHAT'S SO FUNNY?
- Authors
Orth, John V.
- Abstract
Death is inevitable, yet people often die without adequately providing for the disposition of their assets. In such cases, inheritance laws often provide guidance for the distribution of a decedent's assets to relatives. Most states do not limit collateral succession--even among remote kindred. However, this Article questions whether the state, rather than the "laughing heir," is most deserving of the windfall.
- Subjects
UNITED States; DECEDENTS' estates; DECEDENTS' estates lawsuits; INHERITANCE &; succession; LEGAL status of beneficiaries; UNCLAIMED estates; DEATH; LAW
- Publication
Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Journal, 2013, Vol 48, Issue 2, p321
- ISSN
2159-4538
- Publication type
Article