Vickie Lynn Smith, an actress and model also known as Anna Nicole Smith, met J. Howard Marshall
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(a) What is the purpose underlying the requirements for a valid will? Which of these requirements might be at issue in this case? How should it apply here? Why?
(b) State courts generally have jurisdiction over the pro-bate of a will and the administration of an estate. Does the Texas state court thus have the sole authority to adjudicate all of the claims in this case? Why or why not?
(c) How should Pierce’s claim against Anna Nicole and her counterclaim be resolved?
(d) Anna Nicole executed her will in 2001. The beneficiary— Daniel, her son, who was not J. Howard’s child— died in 2006, shortly after Anna Nicole gave birth to a daughter, Dannielynn. In 2007, before executing a new will, Anna Nicole died. What hap-pens if a will’s beneficiary dies before the testator? What happens if a child is born after a will is executed?
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ISBN: 978-1285185248
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Authors: Kenneth Clarkson, Roger LeRoy Miller, Frank Cross
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