The Latest Twist on the Classic Rich Girl Dilemma: “In the Event of My Death, My Partner Wants My Child & My Money”

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dc.creatorKohm, Lynne Marie
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-11T17:14:25Z
dc.date.available2018-04-11T17:14:25Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractExplores whether a romantic partner may access the family fortune by virtue of parentage of a partner's adopted child when that partner has little to no legal connection to the child (via adoption, biology, primary caregiver, or de facto parent) nor to the partner (contractual, testamentary, civil union, marriage, or registered domestic partnership) but may have some claim to assert such rights based on progressive state law. Discusses legal issues and considers how complicated the landscape for families has become. Section I provides background as to how some state case law allows a person access to the child of his or her partner by virtue of that partnership. Section II provides classic rich girl examples of the dilemma played out in case law and gossip columns alike. Section III offers solutions for generational estate planning that may provide some assistance to dynasty families in equipping their children for leaving a legacy, rather than a muddle of partnership chaos. Closes with suggestions for generational estate planning designed to defend a family fortune from potentially opportunistic partners.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLynne Marie Kohm, The Latest Twist on the Classic Rich Girl Dilemma: “In the Event of My Death, My Partner Wants My Child & My Money”, 3 Est. Plan. & Cmty. Prop. L. J. 199 (2011).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2346/73573
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherTexas Tech Estate Planning & Community Property Journalen_US
dc.subjectEstate planningen_US
dc.subjectPartneren_US
dc.subjectChildrenen_US
dc.subjectPartnershipen_US
dc.subjectMarriageen_US
dc.subjectLegal accessen_US
dc.subjectWealthen_US
dc.subjectDynasty familyen_US
dc.subjectFamily fortuneen_US
dc.subjectChilden_US
dc.subjectAdoptionen_US
dc.subjectGuardianen_US
dc.titleThe Latest Twist on the Classic Rich Girl Dilemma: “In the Event of My Death, My Partner Wants My Child & My Money”en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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