Law of Wills, 2016A

In re Haymer, 450 N.E.2d 940 (Ill. App. 3d 1983) ...................................................................... 107
3.4 Other Surviving Spousal Resources ......................................................................... 111
3.4.1. Social Security and Retirement Benefits ........................................................... 112
3.4.2. Homestead, Personal Property Set-Aside, and Family Allowance ................... 112
3.4.3 Dower ................................................................................................................ 113
Ohio Revised Code Ann. 2103.02 ................................................................................................... 113
Armstrong v. Armstrong, 715 N.E.2d 207 (Ohio App. Ct. 1998) ................................................. 113
3.4.4 Fractionalize Forced Share ................................................................................ 115
In re Estate of Soard, 173 S.W.3d 22 (Tenn. App. Ct. 2005) ........................................................ 115
Chapter Four: The Intestacy System (Marital and Adopted Children) ........... 128
4.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 128
4.2 Marital Children ...................................................................................................... 128
4.2.1 Posthumously Born Children ........................................................................... 128
Morrow v. Scott, 7 Ga. 535 (Ga. 1849) .......................................................................................... 128
Uniform Probate Code § 2-108 Afterborn Heirs .............................................................................. 129
Class Discussion Tool One ......................................................................................... 129
4.3 Adopted Children .................................................................................................... 130
4.3.1 Legal Adoption .................................................................................................. 131
McKinney’s D.R.L. § 117(b) Right to inherit from and through the biological parents eliminated after
adoption ............................................................................................................................................ 131
Aldridge v. MIMS, 884 P.2d 817 (N.M. 1994) ............................................................................ 131
Ellis v. West, 971 So. 2d 20 (Ala. 2007) ....................................................................................... 134
Right to inherit from biological parent retained after adoption .................................... 136
In re Estate of Moore, 25 P3d 305 (Oklahoma 2001) ..................................................................... 136
In re Estate of Wulf, 167 N.W.2d 181 (Neb. 1969) ...................................................................... 138
The right to inherit from two lines ................................................................................. 140
Uniform Probate Code § 2-113 ........................................................................................................ 140
Jenkins v. Jenkins, 990 So. 2d 807 (Miss. App. Ct. 2008) ............................................................. 141
Notes and Questions .................................................................................................. 145
4.3.2 Equitable Adoption .......................................................................................... 145
Right to inherit from the intended adoptive parents ..................................................... 145
O’Neal vs. Wilkes, 439 S.E.2d 490 (Ga. 1994) ............................................................................ 146
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