Trusts (and) Wills

Abstract

FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|During the survey period, the Nebraska Supreme Court had the occasion to construe three statutes from Article 23 of the Nebraska Probate Code (N.P.C.). These sections dealt with intestate succession, inheritance rights of an adopted child, and nonademption of specific devises. Article 23 of the N.P.C. has been derived from Article 2 of the Uniform Probate Code (U.P.C.), the only article which made substantive changes from the former probate law. These substantive changes codified the "Law's Estate Plan" covering intestate succession, family protection, formalities of wills, and rules for construction of wills...