The Unfinished Work – Abraham Lincoln’s Legacy
As we continue our America 250 Legacy Series counting down to 2026, we look to the man who preserved the Union: Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was a brilliant self-taught lawyer who spent his career drafting documents for others. He understood the law better than almost anyone of his era. Yet, in one of history’s most ironic […]
California Intestacy
Intestate succession, also known as intestacy, is the process of distributing a decedent’s assets when the decedent did not execute a last will and testament or distribute property through another instrument. State law determines how to distribute assets under intestacy, because the decedent left no other guidance for how he or she wants them distributed. […]