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Sperms And Estates: An Unadulterated Functionally Based Approach To Parent-Child Property Succession, Lee-Ford Tritt
Sperms And Estates: An Unadulterated Functionally Based Approach To Parent-Child Property Succession, Lee-Ford Tritt
Lee-ford Tritt
The Article argues that the sanguinary nexus test, the dominant standard for determining whether an individual has a right to inherit property when another dies, has become an increasingly frustrating, and arguably arcane, legal tool in light of the diversity of family relationships extant in modern American life. The sanguinary nexus test determines child status based upon ties of “blood.” Considering the evolving notions of family structures and advances in reproductive technologies involving cloning, surrogacy and egg/sperm donation, serious questions arise about whether the existing sanguinary nexus test can produce results consistent with the fundamental principle of testamentary freedom underlying …
Sperms And Estates: An Unadulterated Funtionally Based Approach To Parent-Child Property Succession, Lee-Ford Tritt
Sperms And Estates: An Unadulterated Funtionally Based Approach To Parent-Child Property Succession, Lee-Ford Tritt
Lee-ford Tritt
No abstract provided.
Liberating Estates Law From The Constraints Of Copyright, Lee-Ford Tritt
Liberating Estates Law From The Constraints Of Copyright, Lee-Ford Tritt
Lee-ford Tritt
No abstract provided.