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1.
(p. 1150)
Federal law is the primary law governing wills.
2.
(p. 1150)
A will is a legal document that outlines how a person wants his or her property distributed
on death.
3.
(p. 1153)
State laws vary regarding the amount a surviving spouse inherits when a spouse dies
intestate.
4.
(p. 1156)
A person may change a will with a codicil only once afterwards which a completely new
will must be written.
5.
(p. 1158)
A person may revoke a will by physically destroying it.
6.
(p. 1158)
A personal representative of an estate makes sure that gifts of real and personal property
go to the correct beneficiaries, persons who inherit under the will.
7.
(p. 1159)
Usually, express trusts are written and are called trust instruments or agreements.
8.
(p. 1162)
In the U.S., surgeons use a heart-lung standard rather than a brain-death standard in
order to determine death.
9.
(p. 1162)
The Uniform Anatomical Gifts Act (UAGA) provides that any individual age 21 or older
may give all or any part of his or her body to a donee on death so long as the closest surviving
next-of-kin does not object.
10.
(p. 1161)
A living will is a document by which a person expresses his or her wishes regarding
medical treatment desired if an accident or illness prevents him or her from participating in
medical decisions.
11.
(p. 1159)
Ricardo's state does not allow a testamentary disposition to a pet; therefore, Ricardo
should consider placing funds for his pet in a trust which would be allowed.
12.
(p. 1163)
Which of the following was the result in the Case Opener, the case involving whether a
bank account and cash passed to the sole beneficiary named in a will or through intestate
succession when the will did not contain a residuary clause and did not specifically reference the
land and bank account at issue?
13.
(p. 1151-1152)
Which of the following was the result in
Mattison
v. Social Security
Commissioner
, the case in the text involving the issue of whether twins conceived after the death
of the father via artificial insemination using his sperm could inherit as children under state
intestacy law thereby becoming entitled to social security survivors' benefits?
14.
(p. 1157-1158)
Which of the following was the result on appeal in
In
re the Estate of Charles
Kuralt
, the case in the text involving whether a letter the deceased sent to a companion was
effective to convey property?
15.
(p. 1161)
As set forth in the case of
Beckwith v. Dahl
, which of the following is
not
an element to
the tort of intentional interference with the expectation of inheritance?
16.
(p. 1150)
Which of the following is the appropriate term for the process by which an individual
decides what to do with his or her real and personal property during and after life?
17.
(p. 1150)
Which of the following is a uniform law proposed by the National Conference of
Commissioners on Uniform State Laws that provides guidance in the area of estate planning?
18.
(p. 1150)
A[n] ______ allows a person to transfer property to another person with the property to be
used for the benefit of a third person.
19.
(p. 1153)
State laws that outline how a person's property will be distributed if he or she dies
without a will are called ______ statutes.
20.
(p. 1153)
When a person dies without a will, it is said that he or she died _____.
21.
(p. 1154)
Which of the following is true regarding a party that cannot be a witness to a will?
22.
(p. 1154)
Which of the following is a will that the testator writes and signs in his or her own
handwriting?
23.
(p. 1154)
Which of the following is a will that two or more testators execute in which they leave
property to each other as long as the survivor agrees that when he or she dies, the remaining
property will be distributed according to a plan created by all testators?
24.
(p. 1154)
The requirement that a witness ______ to the will means that the witness must witness
the signing of the will and then sign as a witness at the end of the document.
25.
(p. 1154)
A person with an interest in a will, such as that of a potential beneficiary is said to have
_____.
26.
(p. 1155)
Which of the following occurs when a testator relied on false statements when he or she
made a will?
27.
(p. 1155)
Which of the following occurs when a testator wrote a will under circumstances in which
a person the testator trusted took advantage of the testator's weak physical or emotional
condition to persuade the testator to write the will in a particular way?
28.
(p. 1156)
Wills are ______, meaning that testators can change them.
29.
(p. 1158)
Which of the following is the proper term for canceling a will?
