Should American Children Be Protected Against Disinheritance?
Posted: 28 Apr 2005
Abstract
The United States is nearly alone among modern nations in allowing parents to disinherit their children. In this essay, the author discusses the testamentary mechanisms in British Columbia that protect children by giving the judiciary power to vary the terms of a will of a testator who did not fulfill his legal and moral obligations to his family through his will. The author argues that this system is superior to the indirect child protection mechanisms in American jurisdictions and urges the adoption of a British Columbia system in the United States.
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Chester, Ronald, Should American Children Be Protected Against Disinheritance?. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=711762
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