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4th DCA: So what's a specific bequest?
Babcock v. Estate of Babcock, --- So.2d ----, 2008 WL 4863088 (Fla. 4th DCA Nov 12, 2008) Any probate lawyer worth his or her salt will tell you that reading a person's will is often just the tip of the iceberg...

The Pavarotti Bequest Scam
E-mail scams promising large inheritances or bequests are very common and have been discussed before on this blog. Here is a new twist based on the recent death of Luciano Pavarotti...

More on Leona Helmsley's $8 Billion Bequest to Dogs
I previously blogged (here and here) the tax issues raised by Leona Helmsley's $8 billion bequest to dogs. Here are some recent developments: Find Law: Going to the Dogs? Leona Helmsley's Dog, Trouble, Has Her Trust Slashed, but the Rest...

NY Times: Helmsley Dog Bequest Highlights Need to Reform Charitable Deduction
Ray D. Madoff (Boston College) has published an op-ed in today's New York Times: Dog Eat Your Taxes?: The latest news from the Palace, that Leona Helmsley left instructions that her charitable bequest of as much as $8 billion be...

Becker & Posner Debate Helmsley's $8 Billion Bequest to Dogs: Limit Charitable Deduction, Sunset Private Charities?
I previously blogged Leona Helmsley's $8 billion bequest to care for dogs. Gary Becker and Richard Posner debate the social desirability of such bequets: Posner: Should Dogs Get $8 Billion from the Helmsley Estate? The possibility that dogs will receive...

My exwife got a judgement aganst me. years latter i remarried and bought a home i told my new wife that I was not sure about owning real property so soon . our realtor told us I could file a quick claim deed. i sign it t
A quick claim deed has "No warranties" to anything. Your real estate a...