Article Archives >> Lead Stories >> April 1-15, 2005
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Charity May Inherit Half of Estate Residue
When Named to Receive ‘Personal Effects’
Will drafted by law students omitted a residuary clause
which would have made donor’s intent clear
Excerpt
When a convicted child molester learned he was dying of cancer and
sought to put his affairs in order, his criminal defense lawyer,
a clinical law professor, asked some students to draft the will.
The professor told the students to write the will, as the convict
requested, so that half of the estate would go to the convict’s
brother and the other half to the American Cancer Society.
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