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These probate statutes are less controversial than statutes of repose in injury and product liability cases, as public policy favors the distribution of estates to the heirs with all deliberate speed, and weighs against reopening estates trying to recover money from the heirs to whom it has already been distributed. [citation needed]
The Indiana Code is the code of laws for the U.S. state of Indiana. The contents are the codification of all the laws currently in effect within Indiana. With roots going back to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, the laws of Indiana have been revised many times.
However, as states began enacting varying statutes to create a statutory framework for the durable powers of attorney, variations from state to state prompted support for a uniform law. [ 2 ] In 1969, the ULC promulgated the Uniform Probate Code , which created a basis for a national framework for powers of attorney.
The Uniform Probate Code ... a Michigan lawyer relied on the official text of the Uniform Probate Code and failed to check the statute as it had been adopted in ...
In jurisdictions which have adopted the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act, or the 1991 version of the Uniform Probate Code (but not the previous Uniform Probate Code), any devisee who dies within 120 hours after the testator is legally considered to have died before the testator. In such jurisdictions, only a devisee who survives more than 120 ...
The Uniform Probate Code, which has been adopted in whole or in part by a number of states, limits the doctrine by requiring a contemporaneous writing from the deceased, or any writing from the property recipient, indicating that the property is intended to be treated as an advance upon the estate. [2] [3]
Some states have rejected the American common law and hold that treasure trove belongs to the owner of the property in which the treasure trove was found. These courts reason that the American common law rule encourages trespass. Under the traditional English common law, treasure trove belongs to the Crown, though the finder may be paid a reward.
Federal law controls intestacy of Native Americans. [8] Many states have adopted all or part of the Uniform Probate Code, but often with local variations, [9] In Ohio, the law of intestate succession has been modified significantly from the common law, and has been essentially codified. [10] The state of Washington also has codified its ...