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Delaware Law Weekly

Chancery Rules Power of Attorney Begins at Inception, Not Incapacity

Individuals assume power of attorney once they execute such an agreement and not when the person they are acting as an agent for becomes incapacitated, the Delaware Court of Chancery has ruled.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In re Estate of Gralak, PICS Case No. 14-1074 (C.P. Philadelphia June 24, 2014) Carrafiello, J. (16 pages).

Undue Influence • Interlocutory Appeals • Standing
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Application of Taisey

Court Authorizes Executor's Claim for Payment Of Legal Services Rendered to Decedent
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Matter of Terzani

Hearing Ordered to Determine if Decedent's Wife Should be Removed as Administratrix
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Interplay of Health Care Proxy and Living Will

In their Trusts and Estates Law column, C. Raymond Radigan and Jennifer F. Hillman write: More than a century ago, the U.S. Supreme Court held that an individual's right to privacy includes the right to make medical decisions affecting their bodies, but that right becomes complicated when the patient is comatose. What if the agent under a health care proxy refuses to comply with the principal's stated wishes in a living will? What if there is no health care proxy or living will?
11 minute read

Daily Report Online

Memories of a Counselor, on Tax and Many Other Matters

A quiet, iconic leader of the Georgia Tax and Estate Planning Bar died June 22 after a short illness. Following a prestigious clerkship with the revered Judge Elbert Tuttle, Hal began practice in the 1950s with Atlanta's largest law firm at the time, Smith, Kilpatrick, Cody, Rogers & McClatchey.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In re Estate of Williams, PICS Case No. 14-1052 (C.P. Philadelphia April 21, 2014) Herron, J. (4 pages).

Documentary Evidence • "After Discovered" Will
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Estate of Thomas. PICS Case No. 14-1041 (C.P. Philadelphia May 12, 2014) Herron, J. (6 pages).

Probate • Trusts • Insurance
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Matter of Copland

Co-Executor's Request to Reduce Amount Of Pet Trust Against Decedent's Wishes, Denied
2 minute read

The Recorder

Conservatorship of the Estate of Ida McQueen

3 minute read

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