Harold died intestate and unmarried. He had three children: Abe, Bea, and Cora. Abe survived Harold. Bea died before Harold, leaving two children, Cal and Dia. Cora died before Harold, leaving one child, Eve. The state d...
Citations: Uniform Probate Code representation principles
Maya died intestate with a $700,000 probate estate. She is survived by her spouse, Chris, and her mother, Alma. Maya had no descendants. The state statute provides that when a decedent leaves a surviving spouse, no desce...
Citations: Uniform Probate Code spouse-share principles
Priya died intestate with no surviving spouse and no descendants. She is survived by her mother and by two siblings. No one disclaimed, and all survived Priya by the statutory survival period. Under the ordinary modern o...
Citations: Uniform Probate Code heir-priority principles
Daniel, a widower, died intestate with a $900,000 probate estate. He had three children: Alice, Ben, and Clara. Alice survived Daniel. Ben died before Daniel, leaving two children, Mira and Noel, both of whom survived Da...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Probate Code representation principles
Diego died intestate and unmarried. Five people claim shares as Diego's descendants. Ava was legally adopted by Diego when she was eight. Max was born outside marriage, and a court entered an order of parentage against D...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Probate Code parent-child relationship provisions
Elena died intestate and unmarried. Zoe was legally adopted by Elena. Mark was Elena's stepchild, but Elena never adopted him. Iris was Elena's biological child, but Iris was adopted as a child by unrelated adoptive pare...
Citations: Uniform Probate Code parent-child relationship principles
Jonas died intestate with no surviving spouse, descendants, or parents. He is survived by Wanda, his sister of the whole blood, and Hal, his brother of the half blood. The state follows the modern rule that half-blood re...
Citations: Uniform Probate Code half-blood inheritance principles
Jordan died intestate and left no descendants. Jordan was survived by a spouse, Pat, and by both parents. Pat was convicted of feloniously and intentionally killing Jordan. The state has a slayer statute under which the...
Citations: Uniform Probate Code slayer principles
Linda died intestate and unmarried with a $300,000 probate estate. Her only children are Anna and Ben. Two years before Linda died, she transferred $100,000 to Anna and signed a writing stating that the transfer was an a...
Citations: Uniform Probate Code advancement principles
Marisol died intestate and unmarried with a $900,000 probate estate. Her children Adam, Bella, and Cora survived her. Bella validly disclaimed her entire intestate share. Bella has two children, Finn and Gia, who both su...
Citations: Uniform Probate Code disclaimer principles
Nora died intestate in a state that follows these UPC-style rules: if a decedent is survived by a spouse and at least one descendant who is not a descendant of the surviving spouse, the spouse takes one-half of the intes...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Probate Code Article II intestacy principles
Olivia, a widow, died intestate with a $600,000 probate estate. She had two children, Rachel and Theo. Rachel was injured in the same accident that killed Olivia and died 48 hours after Olivia, leaving one child, Sophie...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Probate Code survival and slayer principles
Paula died intestate with a $780,000 probate estate. She was unmarried and had three children: Aaron, Beth, and Cyrus. Aaron previously received $120,000 from Paula for a home purchase. At the time of that transfer, Paul...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Probate Code advancement and disclaimer principles
Rafael died intestate. He was never married to Nina's mother, but a court entered a parentage judgment during Rafael's life finding that Rafael was Nina's father, and Rafael paid child support under that order for severa...
Citations: Uniform Probate Code parent-child relationship principles
Victor, a widower, died intestate. His only child, Lena, was injured in the same accident and died 72 hours after Victor. Lena left one child, Nora, who survived Victor by more than 120 hours. The state has a 120-hour su...
Citations: Uniform Probate Code survival principles
...eciation as separate property, that each waived any elective share or intestate share in the other's estate, and that neither spouse would ever seek child support for any future child. Ten years later, Investor died. Inv...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Uniform Premarital Agreement Act section 6, Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements Act sections 9, 10
...marriages but recognizes marriages validly formed elsewhere. Lee died intestate in State F. Lee's sibling argues that Sam is not a surviving spouse because there was no license or ceremony and because the statement about...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws sections 283, 284
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