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Byline: The Register-Guard Attorney to lecture on elder law issues Sierra Oaks of Santa Clara will present "Getting Your Affairs In Order" by elder law attorney John Urness on Monday. The talk will include information about wills, trusts, power of attorney,...

The empire of illness: competence and coercion in health-care decision making.
Abstract The law's willingness to take account of factors that interfere with volition tends to vary in accordance with its underlying goals. The law of wills is dominated by the principle of freedom of testation; it has thus developed doctrines aimed at detecting coercive influences that interfere...

Trusts and estates.
9781599410227 Trusts and estates. Leslie, Melanie B. and Stewart E. Sterk. Thomson West 2006 269 pages $33.00 Paperback Concepts and insights series KF753 Written by two law professors from...

Mental capacity and marriage.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Most of us have heard of the infamous case of playboy playmate Anna Nicole Smith who laid claim to the estate of her 90-year-old husband. This odd couple met at a topless bar where Smith earned her living. He was 89 and she was 26....

Redistribution for daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. Singh had five children: two sons and three daughters. Mr. Singh died in 1994 and Mrs. Singh in 2004. In her will, she left a legacy of $10,000 for each of the daughters and left the rest of the estate to the two sons, about $260,000...

Supreme Court issues notice to Lodha on Birla petition.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to RS Lodha on a petition moved by KK Birla, BK Birla and Yashovardhan Birla challenging a Calcutta high court order which had ruled that they do not have caveatable interest in the will of the late Priyambada Birla. Mrs...

Plan your estate, 8th ed.
1413304060 Plan your estate, 8th ed. Clifford, Denis. Nolo 2006 455 pages $44.99 Paperback KF750 Taking the inexorability of death and taxes head on, this text teaches people with small and...

Estate planning for the rest of us: most people don't own enough to owe estate tax when they die. But they still need the kind of estate-planning advice you get from a competent lawyer.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Last Will and Testament of Mr. John A. Smith Section I Declaration Articles and presentations on estate planning usually focus on clients with substantial resources, as Bloomington attorney Paul Meints observes. "Wonderfully creative and complex arrangements are possible for [these] people....Trust...

COMMUNITIES BRIEFLY.
Byline: The Register-Guard Cottage Grove council seeks young people COTTAGE GROVE - The city is accepting applications through 5 p.m. Friday from young people interested in serving on the Youth Advisory Council. The council was formed four years ago to give Cottage Grove-area...

Scholarships advance education for nurses awards support BSN completion and graduate programs.
Sixty-six AACN members are pursuing academic degrees with the assistance of AACN Educational Advancement Scholarships awarded for the 2007-08 academic year. The scholarships of $1,500 each were presented to nurses at 40 schools in 22 states (see page 8 for the list of recipients). The named scholarships...