Question 1

In Louisiana, permanently incapacitated children have limited protection against disinheritance, qualifying them as ________ heirs.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In Louisiana, permanently incapacitated children have limited...

Question 2

Children born out of wedlock inherit from their mother.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

If a house is worth less than the stated homestead exemption, creditors could force a sale of the house against a surviving spouse.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

From what relatives can children born out of wedlock inherit?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mother 
B)  Maternal relatives 
C)  From and through their fathers who have acknowledged paternity 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Mother 
B)  Maternal relatives 
C)  From and through their fathers who have acknowledged paternity 
D)  All of the above

Question 5

Match the terms with their descriptions:
-Dower

Accepted Answer

A)  Ownership of property for the duration of a named person's life 
B)  Child left out of a parent's will 
C)  Child born out of wedlock 
D)  Under this doctrine, real property descended to the decedent's eldest son 
E)  To leave out of a will
F) Widow's right to a life estate in one-third of all real property owned by her husband during coverture
G) Reject a spouse's will
H) Parents who adopt a child
I) Exemption of one's residence up to a specific amount
J) One's relatives most nearly related by blood 
A)  Ownership of property for the duration of a named person's life 
B)  Child left out of a parent's will 
C)  Child born out of wedlock 
D)  Under this doctrine, real property descended to the decedent's eldest son 
E)  To leave out of a will
F) Widow's right to a life estate in one-third of all real property owned by her husband during coverture
G) Reject a spouse's will
H) Parents who adopt a child
I) Exemption of one's residence up to a specific amount
J) One's relatives most nearly related by blood

Question 6

To what property are common law dower and curtesy applied?

Accepted Answer

A)  Real property 
B)  Personal tangible property 
C)  Personal intangible property 
D)  Intellectual property 
A)  Real property 
B)  Personal tangible property 
C)  Personal intangible property 
D)  Intellectual property

Question 7

Match the terms with their descriptions:
-Primogeniture

Accepted Answer

A)  Ownership of property for the duration of a named person's life 
B)  Child left out of a parent's will 
C)  Child born out of wedlock 
D)  Under this doctrine, real property descended to the decedent's eldest son 
E)  To leave out of a will
F) Widow's right to a life estate in one-third of all real property owned by her husband during coverture
G) Reject a spouse's will
H) Parents who adopt a child
I) Exemption of one's residence up to a specific amount
J) One's relatives most nearly related by blood 
A)  Ownership of property for the duration of a named person's life 
B)  Child left out of a parent's will 
C)  Child born out of wedlock 
D)  Under this doctrine, real property descended to the decedent's eldest son 
E)  To leave out of a will
F) Widow's right to a life estate in one-third of all real property owned by her husband during coverture
G) Reject a spouse's will
H) Parents who adopt a child
I) Exemption of one's residence up to a specific amount
J) One's relatives most nearly related by blood

Question 8

What law governs the estate's distribution of a person who died without a will?

Accepted Answer

A)  Intestate order 
B)  Intestate sequence 
C)  Intestate succession 
D)  Intestate arrangement 
A)  Intestate order 
B)  Intestate sequence 
C)  Intestate succession 
D)  Intestate arrangement

Question 9

Who is included in the term "descendants"?

Accepted Answer

A)  People having a common relative by blood 
B)  Adopted children 
C)  People related by affinity 
D)  Both A and B 
A)  People having a common relative by blood 
B)  Adopted children 
C)  People related by affinity 
D)  Both A and B

Question 10

What term describes the circumstance of dying without having made a valid will?

Accepted Answer

A)  Intestacy 
B)  Primogeniture 
C)  Rendition 
D)  Nudum pactum 
A)  Intestacy 
B)  Primogeniture 
C)  Rendition 
D)  Nudum pactum

Question 11

A testator can expressly and intentionally disinherit his or her children in a will.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

An assumption, for purposes of justice, of a fact that does not exist is called a(n) ________ fiction.

Accepted Answer

The answer of An assumption, for purposes of justice, of...

Question 13

The surviving spouse can renounce his or her spouse's will.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In all states, the statutory share for surviving spouses to protect them against being disinherited applies to children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Many American statutes of intestate succession apply to both real and personal property.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Who are people in a direct line of descent (downward) from the decedent?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lineal ascendants 
B)  Collateral relatives 
C)  Lineal descendants 
D)  Coparceners 
A)  Lineal ascendants 
B)  Collateral relatives 
C)  Lineal descendants 
D)  Coparceners

Question 17

Kelly is an illegitimate child of Helen and Gerard, but Gerard did not acknowledge Kelly. Discuss from what relatives Kelly will be entitle to inherit.

Accepted Answer

As a child born out of wedlock, Kelly wi

Question 18

Match the terms with their descriptions:
-Life estate

Accepted Answer

A)  Ownership of property for the duration of a named person's life 
B)  Child left out of a parent's will 
C)  Child born out of wedlock 
D)  Under this doctrine, real property descended to the decedent's eldest son 
E)  To leave out of a will
F) Widow's right to a life estate in one-third of all real property owned by her husband during coverture
G) Reject a spouse's will
H) Parents who adopt a child
I) Exemption of one's residence up to a specific amount
J) One's relatives most nearly related by blood 
A)  Ownership of property for the duration of a named person's life 
B)  Child left out of a parent's will 
C)  Child born out of wedlock 
D)  Under this doctrine, real property descended to the decedent's eldest son 
E)  To leave out of a will
F) Widow's right to a life estate in one-third of all real property owned by her husband during coverture
G) Reject a spouse's will
H) Parents who adopt a child
I) Exemption of one's residence up to a specific amount
J) One's relatives most nearly related by blood

Question 19

Generally, a person cannot accept dower and, at the same time, waive the will of a deceased spouse.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What is coverture?

Accepted Answer

A)  Marriage 
B)  Engagement 
C)  Contract in consideration of marriage 
D)  Widow's right to a life estate 
A)  Marriage 
B)  Engagement 
C)  Contract in consideration of marriage 
D)  Widow's right to a life estate

Exam 28: Disinheritance and Intestacy

In Louisiana, permanently incapacitated children have limited protection against disinheritance, qualifying them as ________ heirs.

Children born out of wedlock inherit from their mother.

If a house is worth less than the stated homestead exemption, creditors could force a sale of the house against a surviving spouse.

From what relatives can children born out of wedlock inherit?

Match the terms with their descriptions: -Dower

To what property are common law dower and curtesy applied?

Match the terms with their descriptions: -Primogeniture

What law governs the estate's distribution of a person who died without a will?

Who is included in the term "descendants"?

What term describes the circumstance of dying without having made a valid will?

A testator can expressly and intentionally disinherit his or her children in a will.

An assumption, for purposes of justice, of a fact that does not exist is called a(n) ________ fiction.

The surviving spouse can renounce his or her spouse's will.

In all states, the statutory share for surviving spouses to protect them against being disinherited applies to children.

Many American statutes of intestate succession apply to both real and personal property.

Who are people in a direct line of descent (downward) from the decedent?

Kelly is an illegitimate child of Helen and Gerard, but Gerard did not acknowledge Kelly. Discuss from what relatives Kelly will be entitle to inherit.

Match the terms with their descriptions: -Life estate

Generally, a person cannot accept dower and, at the same time, waive the will of a deceased spouse.

What is coverture?

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