The two methods of legal research/analysis concerning case opinions and statutes are: analysis by ________ and analysis by law
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fact
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You are a paralegal working for a probate attorney. Judy’s will provides $100,000 to her brother, Paul. The residue of Judy’s estate was left to her sister, Mary. Paul predeceased Judy. Assume Judy was single and had no children. Your supervising attorney has asked you to research your state’s intestate succession laws to determine who of Judy’s family will receive the estate. Does it
make a difference if Paul had children of his own? What will be an ideal response?
Match up the terminology in the left column to the definitions in the right column.
1. Residue 2. Abatement 3. Ademption 4. General legacies 5. Demonstrative legacies 6. Specific legacies 7. Devises 8. Satisfaction 9. Anti-lapse 10. Intestate succession a. Happens when property left to a beneficiary is disposed of before the testator’s death. b. Means handed down from an ancestor. c. All remaining property after the testator has given all of his or her specifically named bequests and devises. d. Are the dispositions of specific items of a personal property in a will. e. Are gifts of real property. f. Occurs when the testator gives the gift to the beneficiary before the testator dies. g. Are the disposition of sums of money that specifically outline where the money is to come from. h. Prevents the gift from lapsing by substituting the beneficiary’s issue for the beneficiary i. Process by which the property of a person who dies without a valid will is distributed. j. Are the disposition of sums of money without specifying the source from which the funds must come.
A closed-ended question should be used when:
a. The interviewee stays focused and on topic b. You want to give the interviewee an opportunity to talk at some length about a given subject c. You want a simple "yes" or "no" answer d. Closed-ended questions should never be used
Informal rulemaking is known as rulemaking on the record
Indicate whether the statement is true or false