Maybe you’ve heard of “The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning.” It’s a guide to proactively downsizing your stuff while you’re still alive. Doing so spares your heirs the mess of doing it themselves ...

Intestacy laws step in immediately when someone dies without clear instructions. These laws, which vary by state, decide who gets what from bank accounts, property, and personal items. It can lead to ...

Peter J. Harrington (2010 J.D. Candidate, St. John's University School of Law) recently published his note entitled Untying the Knot: Extending Intestacy Benefits to Non-Traditional Families by ...

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 ...

In our wills, my husband and I leave everything to each other. If we die together, everything's divided between our sons. Our wills don't name anyone else. But what if we all die in a car or plane ...

Fighting over what people left behind happens a lot now. Families often find themselves in arguments about inheritance. Peaceful sharing of money and stuff after death often ends in court. Real ...

The Law Commission is pressing on with a plan to give long-standing cohabitants the same rights as married couples on intestacy. The Law Commission is pressing on with a plan to give long-standing ...

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