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Probate Procedures Available to Beneficiaries [PDF]

open access: yes, 1960
The purpose of the probate function is to provide for the orderly devolution of property upon the death of the owner after payment of taxes and debts. Usually this is done through the probate court, which is the county court in Nebraska.
Stubbs, Daniel
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Bias in Sentencing Men for Sexual Offenses Against Minors: Male Victims Bring More Punitive Sentences Than Female Victims

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prior theoretical and empirical research examining the influence of sex on sentencing has been primarily concerned with the sex of the offender, as opposed to the victim. The present study drew on a convenience sample of males (n = 1190) in state and federal correctional facilities across the country, examining minimum sentences in relation to
Shawn M. Rolfe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estates & Trusts: 2001 Survey of Florida Law [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
This article discusses relevant changes in Florida probate and trust statutes and regulations through mid-2001, updating a prior survey published in 1998.
Rodriguez-Dod, Eloisa
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Death is Certain but Probate is Optional: How to Transfer Wealth and Dodge Creditors Using a Revocable Trust [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
This article explores the impact on creditors of two common methods of wealth transfer at death in the state of Missouri: the revocable inter vivos trust and the traditional probate estate administration process.
Nehls, Zackary C.
core   +1 more source

Punishment's Burdens on the Innocent

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView., 2022
ABSTRACT Critics of state punishment have frequently pointed out that its imposition sometimes involves the infliction of burdens on innocent people: namely, those falsely convicted of crimes and punished. Punishment also creates significant burdens for innocent children and other dependents of those punished (social stigma, financial stress, direct ...
Zachary Hoskins
wiley   +1 more source

Ethical Problems in Probate Matters [PDF]

open access: yes, 1960
Ethical standards are in general rigorously observed by the legal profession when they are known and recognized. In far too many instances, however, attorneys fail to recognize an ethical problem in the midst of the technical legal problems with which ...
McCown, Hale
core   +3 more sources

PREPARATION OF A MODEL PROBATE CODE [PDF]

open access: yes, 1944
At the 1940 meeting of the American Bar Association held in Philadelphia, the Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law included in its program a discussion of the proposal of a Model Probate Code.
Patton, Rufford G.
core   +1 more source

Surface Engineering of Borophene as Next‐Generation Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications

open access: yesENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
Surface engineering of borophene. This review provides an insightful and comprehensive exploration of the emerging 2D material borophene, both pristine and modified, emphasizing its unique attributes and potential for sustainable applications. Borophene's distinctive properties include its anisotropic crystal structures that contribute to its ...
Seyedeh Sadrieh Emadian   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Critical Assessment of the Effectiveness of Law of Intestate Succession in Masaka District of Uganda

open access: yesNEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
This study critically assessed the law of intestate succession in Masaka district of Uganda, with the aim of inspiring Ugandan authorities to create a special legal structure to govern the law of intestate succession.
Nassanga Yvonne
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Large cities are less green [PDF]

open access: yesOliveira, E. A., Andrade Jr., J. S. and Makse, H. A. Large Cities are less green. Sci. Rep. 4, 4235 (2014), 2014
We study how urban quality evolves as a result of carbon dioxide emissions as urban agglomerations grow. We employ a bottom-up approach combining two unprecedented microscopic data on population and carbon dioxide emissions in the continental US. We first aggregate settlements that are close to each other into cities using the City Clustering Algorithm
arxiv   +1 more source

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