A Requiem for Hilley: Is Survivorship Community Property A Solution Worse than the Problem?
Date
1990
Authors
Quilliam, W. Reed, Jr.
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Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Texas Tech Law Review
Abstract
Addresses Hilley v. Hilley a Texas Supreme Court case affecting Texas spouses who seek to select successors in ownership by agreeing to hold community property in survivorship form. It is also a commentary on the pre 1987 Hilley era laws and the safeguards for successors instituted in 1987 and 1989. Finally the author presents proposals for reform of the issue.
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Keywords
Survivorship, Community property, Spouse, Partition, Hilley v. Hilley
Citation
21 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 1153