Nora died intestate in a state that follows these UPC-style rules: if a decedent is survived by a spouse and at least one descendant who is not a descendant of the surviving spouse, the spouse takes one-half of the intes...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Probate Code Article II intestacy principles
...imitations, and remedies. NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Trust Code sections 813, 1001, and 1005
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Trust Code sections 813, 1001, and 1005
Harold died intestate and unmarried. He had three children: Abe, Bea, and Cora. Abe survived Harold. Bea died before Harold, leaving two children, Cal and Dia. Cora died before Harold, leaving one child, Eve. The state d...
Citations: Uniform Probate Code representation principles
Maya died intestate with a $700,000 probate estate. She is survived by her spouse, Chris, and her mother, Alma. Maya had no descendants. The state statute provides that when a decedent leaves a surviving spouse, no desce...
Citations: Uniform Probate Code spouse-share principles
...Ranch "to Life Tenant for life, then to Remainderman." When the life estate begins, one gravel pit is already open and operating. Life Tenant wants to keep operating that pit and also open a new pit on a different part...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Common law real-property principles
Priya died intestate with no surviving spouse and no descendants. She is survived by her mother and by two siblings. No one disclaimed, and all survived Priya by the statutory survival period. Under the ordinary modern o...
Citations: Uniform Probate Code heir-priority principles
A bank holds $250,000 in escrow from a failed real estate sale. The buyer claims the seller breached first and demands the money back. The seller claims the buyer defaulted and demands the money as liquidated damages. A...
Citations: Fed. R. Civ. P. 22, 28 U.S.C. 1335
...ed spouses as tenants by the entirety in a state that recognizes that estate. One spouse later signs a deed purporting to sell the entire home to a buyer without the other spouse's consent. Which statement is most accura...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law, NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Real Property
...ivorce court has personal jurisdiction over both spouses. The marital estate includes a vacation parcel located in another state. One spouse asks the divorce court to award the parcel and compel the other spouse to sign...
Citations: Fall v. Eastin, 215 U.S. 1 (1909), Shaffer v. Heitner, 433 U.S. 186 (1977)
A forum uses the Restatement Second approach to choose law in a multistate tort case. The contacts point in several directions, and the relevant issue is whether a damages cap applies. How should the court conduct the an...
Citations: Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws
Before divorce, Dana signed a will leaving her estate to her spouse, Alex, and named Alex as beneficiary of a state-law payable-on-death bank account, a life insurance policy, and an ERISA-governed employer retirement pl...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Probate Code revocation-on-divorce principles, ERISA beneficiary-designation principles
Daniel, a widower, died intestate with a $900,000 probate estate. He had three children: Alice, Ben, and Clara. Alice survived Daniel. Ben died before Daniel, leaving two children, Mira and Noel, both of whom survived Da...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Probate Code representation principles
Diego died intestate and unmarried. Five people claim shares as Diego's descendants. Ava was legally adopted by Diego when she was eight. Max was born outside marriage, and a court entered an order of parentage against D...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Probate Code parent-child relationship provisions
Elena died intestate and unmarried. Zoe was legally adopted by Elena. Mark was Elena's stepchild, but Elena never adopted him. Iris was Elena's biological child, but Iris was adopted as a child by unrelated adoptive pare...
Citations: Uniform Probate Code parent-child relationship principles
Greenway Foods hired Tara, a commercial real estate broker, to locate a warehouse for a new distribution center. Tara found a warehouse listed for $2 million. Before telling Greenway about the listing, Tara formed an LLC...
Citations: Restatement (Third) of Agency sections 8.01, 8.02, 8.05
In 2020, Ingrid validly executed Will One, leaving her estate to her niece, Nora. In 2023, Ingrid validly executed Will Two, stating, "I revoke all prior wills and leave my estate to City Hospital." In 2025, after a disa...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Probate Code sections 2-507 and 2-509
Jamal validly executed a formal will in 2022 leaving his estate equally to his two children. In 2026, after one child stopped speaking to him, Jamal typed a document on his laptop titled "My New Will." The document state...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Probate Code section 2-503
Jonas died intestate with no surviving spouse, descendants, or parents. He is survived by Wanda, his sister of the whole blood, and Hal, his brother of the half blood. The state follows the modern rule that half-blood re...
Citations: Uniform Probate Code half-blood inheritance principles
Jordan died intestate and left no descendants. Jordan was survived by a spouse, Pat, and by both parents. Pat was convicted of feloniously and intentionally killing Jordan. The state has a slayer statute under which the...
Citations: Uniform Probate Code slayer principles
Linda died intestate and unmarried with a $300,000 probate estate. Her only children are Anna and Ben. Two years before Linda died, she transferred $100,000 to Anna and signed a writing stating that the transfer was an a...
Citations: Uniform Probate Code advancement principles
Marisol died intestate and unmarried with a $900,000 probate estate. Her children Adam, Bella, and Cora survived her. Bella validly disclaimed her entire intestate share. Bella has two children, Finn and Gia, who both su...
Citations: Uniform Probate Code disclaimer principles
...f alcohol is ever sold on the premises, O may enter and terminate the estate." Museum later permits wine to be sold at a fund-raiser. Before O takes any action, what interests exist? The correct answer classifies conditi...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Common law real-property principles
Olivia, a widow, died intestate with a $600,000 probate estate. She had two children, Rachel and Theo. Rachel was injured in the same accident that killed Olivia and died 48 hours after Olivia, leaving one child, Sophie...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Probate Code survival and slayer principles
Painter's estate sues Gallery for wrongful retention of several paintings. Gallery claims Painter voluntarily left the works for a future exhibition. The estate claims Gallery kept the paintings after Painter decided to...
Citations: Fed. R. Evid. 803(3), Fed. R. Evid. 105, Fed. R. Evid. 403
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