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Virginia Survey Of Law: Property Section; Trusts And Estates Section, Lynda L. Butler
Virginia Survey Of Law: Property Section; Trusts And Estates Section, Lynda L. Butler
Lynda L. Butler
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Mullins V. Simmons: The Early Vesting Rule And The "Death Without Issue: Clause, Lynda L. Butler
Mullins V. Simmons: The Early Vesting Rule And The "Death Without Issue: Clause, Lynda L. Butler
Lynda L. Butler
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Intestate Succession In A Polygamous Society, Barry Cushman
Intestate Succession In A Polygamous Society, Barry Cushman
Barry Cushman
The pursuit of polygamous unions by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in nineteenth-century Utah posed challenges for the law of the family unique in the annals of American legal history. The exotic familial relationships generated by plural marriages created novel and peculiar problems for the traditional law of intestacy. Mormon leaders, in an effort to avoid these problems, urged their polygamous brethren to make wills. Many polygamists, however, either neglected to plan their estates or were actively opposed to doing so. Mormon legislators accordingly sought to craft statutory schemes that would accommodate the peculiar inheritance …