The UPC articulates the law of intestate succession and provides substantive rules regarding execution and revocation of wills and other such instruments. If a state adopts the UPC, then the UPC ...

You’ve heard the adage: Those who fail to plan, plan to fail. Never is that more true than with estate planning. When you create an estate plan, you choose exactly who gets your assets, how they get ...

Dear Jeff: I know that Texas is a community property state, whereby the husband and wife own equally everything that has been acquired during their marriage. My question is: if a husband with children ...

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Is there a valid reason to deny genetic testing in a case alleging disinheritance, as opposed to a case alleging the right to inherit? Is there such a thing as disinheritance by proof of non-paternity ...

A. We’re sorry to hear of your loss. When a person dies without a will, the state laws of intestacy govern the distribution of the estate. But the laws of intestacy ...