Add to ORKGAlthough litigation involving powers of appointment has been relatively infrequent, the increasing use of powers over the last few decades forebodes increasing litigation in this field. Anticipating this development, several states have enacted fairly comprehensive statutes which attempt to set forth in accessible form certain aspects of the common law of powers, make certain revisions in the common law, and replace outmoded statutes on powers. One area in which both the common law and the recent statutes are inadequate is in the application of antilapse statutes to appointments made by will. This article examines the development of the common law in this area and the modern statutory treatment of the application of antilapse statutes to te...
This article sets forth a clear, principled analysis by which many of the problems in will construct...
Plaintiff made a contract with the donee of a power of appointment granted in these words: I give a...
Of all the instruments available to a donor wishing to transfer property, none has the versatility o...
Antilapse statutes provide for the testamentary passing of property to issue, heirs, or devisees of ...
The decedent received under the will of her husband a general testamentary power of appointment over...
In the usual case, the question of the devolution of property subject to a general testamentary powe...
Exercise of a power by a general bequest or devise in a will-The Pennsylvania Supreme Court in apply...
The Supreme Court of Rhode Island has held that, in determining the validity of an appointment under...
From time immemorial, problems arising from the creation and exercise of powers of appointment have ...
Originally conceived prior to the enactment of the Statute of Uses as a means by which freehold lega...
Testatrix, after making certain specific bequests, devised the residue of her estate to her son Geor...
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has held that a devise giving a life estate and a general testamen...
Powers of appointment add additional flexibility to the traditional estate planning tools but the va...
H in his will created a trust which provided for a life estate for his wife W. The trustee was direc...
In general it is said that the majority of jurisdictions in the United States allow creditors of the...
This article sets forth a clear, principled analysis by which many of the problems in will construct...
Plaintiff made a contract with the donee of a power of appointment granted in these words: I give a...
Of all the instruments available to a donor wishing to transfer property, none has the versatility o...
Antilapse statutes provide for the testamentary passing of property to issue, heirs, or devisees of ...
The decedent received under the will of her husband a general testamentary power of appointment over...
In the usual case, the question of the devolution of property subject to a general testamentary powe...
Exercise of a power by a general bequest or devise in a will-The Pennsylvania Supreme Court in apply...
The Supreme Court of Rhode Island has held that, in determining the validity of an appointment under...
From time immemorial, problems arising from the creation and exercise of powers of appointment have ...
Originally conceived prior to the enactment of the Statute of Uses as a means by which freehold lega...
Testatrix, after making certain specific bequests, devised the residue of her estate to her son Geor...
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has held that a devise giving a life estate and a general testamen...
Powers of appointment add additional flexibility to the traditional estate planning tools but the va...
H in his will created a trust which provided for a life estate for his wife W. The trustee was direc...
In general it is said that the majority of jurisdictions in the United States allow creditors of the...
This article sets forth a clear, principled analysis by which many of the problems in will construct...
Plaintiff made a contract with the donee of a power of appointment granted in these words: I give a...
Of all the instruments available to a donor wishing to transfer property, none has the versatility o...