Crop shot of person with pen signing contract at desk in daylight. (Credit: DragonImages/Adobe Stock) Massachusetts High Court Mulls How to Handle Will That Left Everything to Dog That Owner Outlived
"Here, extrinsic evidence is necessary to resolve the ambiguity whether, at the time of the making of the will, the decedent intended that the to-be-named charity was to receive the remainder notwithstanding Licorice's failure to survive her," the court said.
September 01, 2023 at 02:41 PM
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Trusts and Estates
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has called for further analysis of a woman's will that intended to leave everything to her pet cocker spaniel who ultimately died before she did.
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