Whom are a person’s heirs? Heirs are those who inherit a decedent’s property if he or she dies without a will. The law has long established that a surviving spouse has a right to receive a share, and then children, or other lineal descendants, inherit. If there are no lineal descendants, then parents are heirs
A Modern Day Jarndyce and Jarndyce
Remember Jarndyce and Jarndyce? The Chancery suit that goes on and on in Dickens’ Bleak House?
From the first chapter of Dickens’ Bleak House:
Jarndyce and Jarndyce drones on. This scarecrow of a suit has, in course of time, become so complicated that no man alive knows what it means. The parties to
Brooke Astor’s Son Anthony Marshall Found Guilty
The jury came back on October 8, 2009 on the 11th day of deliberations with the verdict: guilty on 14 counts including first-degree grand larceny and scheming to defraud.
The co-defendant, estate planning lawyer Francis X. Morrissey Jr. was convicted on 5 counts including scheming to defraud, conspiracy and forgery.
The trial took 5 months.