atch up the terminology in the left column to the definitions in the right column.

Question

1. Oberfell v. Hodges
2. Estate of Joseph
3. Estate of Kolacy
4. Stephen v. Commissioner of Social Security
5. Astrue v. Capato
6. Gillett-Netting v. Barnhart
7. Equitable adoption
8. Uniform Transfer to Minors Act
9. Same-sex marriage
10. Inter Vivos trust

a. Transfer of a small amount of personal property to one minor child
b. Held that the relationship between a stepchild and stepparent had to begin during the child’s minority and continue through their joint lifetimes
c. Presumed that a person may marry any person.
d. United States Supreme Court held that the undisputed biological children of a deceased wage earner and his widow are qualified for Social Security survivor benefits
e. New Jersey court held that posthumously conceived children were the heirs of the decedent father because it could have an effect of the children’s future inheritance with other relatives
f. Florida court refused to extend benefits to posthumously conceived children in the case because the decedent parent never gave consent for the removal of the father’s sperm
g. The legally recognized marriage between two people of the same sex
h. Leaves the grandchild property in a trust and prevents the property from being mismanaged or given to the grandchildren upon his or her majority
i. Follows common law principles that a child may become “equitably” adopted by judicial declaration.
j. After using her deceased husbands frozen sperm to have children, the court held that they were not the father’s children under the Act because they were not dependent on the father at the time of his death.

Answer 1

1. c. Presumed that a person may marry any person.
2. b. Held that the relationship between a stepchild and stepparent had to begin during the child’s minority and continue through their joint lifetimes
3. e. New Jersey court held that posthumously
4. f. Florida court refused to extend benefits to posthumously conceived children in the case because the decedent parent never gave consent for the removal of the father’s sperm
5. d. United States Supreme Court held that the undisputed biological children of a deceased wage earner and his widow are qualified for Social Security survivor benefits
6. j. After using her deceased husbands frozen sperm to have children, the court held that they were not the father’s children under the Act because they were not dependent on the father at the time of his death.
7. i. Follows common law principles that a child may become “equitably” adopted by judicial declaration.
8. a. Transfer of a small amount of personal property to one minor child
9. g. The legally recognized marriage between two people of the same sex
10. h. Leaves the grandchild property in a trust and prevents the property from being mismanaged or given to the grandchildren upon his or her majority