Answer any 3 of the 4 essay questions below. (30 points)  1. A person has died intestate leaving neither surviving spouse, lineal descendants, parents, nor siblings (this was a lonely guy). The decedent was survived by a paternal grandfather, no maternal grandparents, his late mother's two sisters, and three first-cousins who are children of his late mother's deceased brother. The decedent was also survived by his late father's two brothers. These are the only surviving blood relatives of the decedent. The net distributable estate consists of $180,000.00 cash. Discuss the rights of each of the survivors under the Statute of Descent and Distribution ONLY. How much will each heir receive from the estate. Cite specifically to your authority. 10 POINTS  2. A person has died testate, leaving a surviving spouse and one minor child. The surviving spouse is the parent of the minor child. The will leaves decedent's entire estate to a friend of decedent's to whom decedent was not related. Explainallthe rights of the surviving spouse. Cite your authority for each right. 10 POINTS  3. As you know, R.C. 2106.01 deals with the election (choice) a surviving spouse (widow or widower) can make in a testate estate. Surviving spouse can elect to take under the LWT (i.e. simply agree to abide by the terms of the LWT) or elect to receive the share they would have received under ORC 2105.06 if there had not been a LWT, subject to certain limitations contained in 2106.01(C) (10 Points).  A man names Joe and a woman named Jane are married for 50 years. They have two grown children, John and Jenny. Joe is a successful businessman, Jane is a homemaker. Joe and Jane have wills in which they leave everything to each other and, upon the second of them to die, everything goes to their children, John and Jenny. After Joe dies at age 80, Jane discovers that, late in his life, Joe wrote a new LWT in which left everything to his twenty-two year old girlfriend Boopsie.   At the time of Joe's death, there are the following assets:  a checking account containing $10K owned in Joe's name alone a savings account containing $12K owned J&S by Joe and Jane one checking jointly owned by Joe and his daughter Jenny containing $0.00 a Transfer on Death Account containing $20K naming his two children, John and Jenny as beneficiaries; his home in Brooklyn with a net value of $200K owned in his name alone a life insurance policy for $100K that names Jane as beneficiary a life insurance policy for $15K that names Boopsie as beneficiary Stocks valued at $10K owned in Joe's name alone; and a car owned in Joe's name alone valued at $9K.  Not taking into account (a) the surviving spouse's right to the mansion house, (b) the allowance for support (Family Allowance) or (c) the right to receive one or more automobiles, if Jane makes an election under 2106.01(A) to take against the will, what will she receive? What subsection of ORC 2105.06 is applicable if an election is made? What assets are Boopsie entitled to if Jane makes an election under 2106.01(A) to take against the LWT?  4. Explain fully when a gift to a child may be treated as an advance on the child's inheritance.  

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For your essay questions The surviving spouse in this scenario has several rights First as the parent of the minor child they are entitled to act as t... View the full answer