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Deathbed Marriages Become More Risky and Less Profitable

By hthackney

Being the spouse of a decedent comes with some significant rights.  A surviving spouse can claim thirty percent (30%) of a significant portion of the spouse’s estate as an “elective share.”  The surviving spouse may also be entitled to an $18,000.00 family allowance, exempt property, a life estate in the deceased spouse’s homestead, and other [...]

Full post as published by The Harry Thomas Hackney, P.A. Florida Law Blawg on January 25, 2011 (boomark / email).