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LEGAL TERMS
ADMINISTRATRIX
An outdated term for a female administrator -- the person appointed by a court to handle probate on behalf of someone who died without a will. Now, whether male... (more...)
An outdated term for a female administrator -- the person appointed by a court to handle probate on behalf of someone who died without a will. Now, whether male or female, this person is called the administrator.
CHARITABLE TRUST
Any trust designed to make a substantial gift to a charity and also achieve income and estate tax savings for the person who creates the trust (the grantor).
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE
The person or institution who takes over the management of trust property when the original trustee has died or become incapacitated.
PREDECEASED SPOUSE
In the law of wills, a spouse who dies before the will maker while still married to him or her.
RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES
An exceedingly complex legal doctrine that limits the amount of time that property can be controlled after death by a person's instructions in a will. For examp... (more...)
An exceedingly complex legal doctrine that limits the amount of time that property can be controlled after death by a person's instructions in a will. For example, a person would not be allowed to leave property to her husband for his life, then to her children for their lives, then to her grandchildren. The gift would potentially go to the grandchildren at a point too remote in time.
PROVING A WILL
Convincing a probate court that a document is truly the deceased person's will. Usually this is a simple formality that the executor or administrator easily sat... (more...)
Convincing a probate court that a document is truly the deceased person's will. Usually this is a simple formality that the executor or administrator easily satisfies by showing that the will was signed and dated by the deceased person in front of two or more witnesses. When the will is holographic -- that is, completely handwritten by the deceased and not witnessed, it is still valid in many states if the executor can produce relatives and friends to testify that the handwriting is that of the deceased.
SUMMARY PROBATE
A relatively simple probate proceeding available for 'small estates,' as that term is defined by state law. Every state's definition is different, and many are ... (more...)
A relatively simple probate proceeding available for 'small estates,' as that term is defined by state law. Every state's definition is different, and many are complicated, but a few examples include estates worth up to $100,000 in California; New York estates where property, excluding real estate and amounts that must be set aside for surviving family members, is worth $20,000 or less; and Texas estates where the value of property doesn't exceed what is needed to pay a family allowance and certain creditors.
DEATH TAXES
Taxes levied at death, based on the value of property left behind. Federal death taxes are called estate taxes. Some states levy inheritance taxes on people who... (more...)
Taxes levied at death, based on the value of property left behind. Federal death taxes are called estate taxes. Some states levy inheritance taxes on people who inherit property.
PER STIRPES
Under a will, a method of determining who inherits property when a joint beneficiary has died before the willmaker, leaving living children of his or her own. F... (more...)
Under a will, a method of determining who inherits property when a joint beneficiary has died before the willmaker, leaving living children of his or her own. For example, Fred leaves his house jointly to his son Alan and his daughter Julie. But Alan dies before Fred, leaving two young children. If Fred's will states that heirs of a deceased beneficiary are to receive the property 'per stirpes,' Julie will receive one-half of the property, and Alan's two children will share his half in equal shares (through Alan by right of representation). If, on the other hand, Fred's will states that the property is to be divided per capita, Julie and the two grandchildren will each take a third.
SAMPLE LEGAL CASES
In re Townley Bypass Unified Credit Trust
... Further, the Hawaii court quoted from a second edition of Scott's treatise on trusts. The same
provision of that treatise is now found at IIA AUSTIN WAKEMAN SCOTT & WILLIAM
FRANKLIN FRATCHER, THE LAW OF TRUSTS § 158.1 (4th ed.1987): ...
Alpert v. Riley
... [1] Our disposition of the case remains unchanged. In this trust management dispute involving
three separate trusts, Roman Alpert and Renee Picazo, Guardian of the Estate of Daniel Alpert,
a minor (collectively, the beneficiaries), appeal the trial court's judgment. ...
Kennedy v. Hudnall
... This is an attempt to appeal from a post-judgment order. The plaintiffs below 522 were several
trusts [1] (collectively, the Trusts) who, on February 14, 2007, had obtained a final judgment
of just over $300,000.00 against Major Kennedy, Jr., for theft of timber. ...
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