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Appellate Division, Second Department, Langan V. St. Vincent's Hospital Of New York, Christin Harris
Appellate Division, Second Department, Langan V. St. Vincent's Hospital Of New York, Christin Harris
Touro Law Review
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The Uniform Disposition Of Community Property Rights At Death Act, Sarah N. Welling
The Uniform Disposition Of Community Property Rights At Death Act, Sarah N. Welling
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In 1977, eight of the United States use community property systems instead of the common law systems used in the other 42 states. Because the community property system is totally alien to common law states which do not recognize community interests in property, when domiciliaries of a community property state migrate to a common law state problems develop over the definition of property rights. Two questions usually arise: do the spouses’ rights and interests in the community property change if they move to a common law state? And if not, how are these rights and interests protected? The first question …