| Executors -- Settling the Assets |
| As executor, your first step in settling the decedent's estate is to find all of the decedent's assets. You must then figure out which assets belonged solely to the decedent so that you can protect them until they can be distributed either according to the decedent's will or state intestacy laws. Finding such assets can be a challenge.More... |
| Inheritance Without Planning Means No Person Is In Control |
| When a person dies intestate (without making and leaving a will), each state provides a default plan (usually known as the statute of descent and distribution) under with his or her net estate is disposed. Under the default plan, no person is put in control of the disposition. The disposition must go according to the defaul plan. This article discusses the disadvantages of descent and distribution related to that inability to have a person put in control of the disposition.More... |
| Donating One's Body to Science |
| A dead human body is usually disposed of by burial or cremation. One alternative that benefits people outside of the funeral industry is to donate one's dead body to science. Donation to science (also know as donation to medical science) is turning over a dead body to doctors, medical students, and/or other scientists for use in their studies. The charitable goal is the advancement of science. More... |
| The Natural Objects of One's Bounty - III |
| This article is the third part of a three-part series describing the traditional names for the various members of one's family.More... |
| The Natural Objects of One's Bounty - II |
| This article is the second part of a three-part series describing the traditional names for the various members of one's family.More... |
 |
|
|
