New Approaches to the English Reformation.
Caroline Litzenberger. The English Reformation and the Laity: Gloucestershire, 1540-1580. (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History.) Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. xviii + 218 pp. $54.95. ISBN: 0-521-47545-7. Malcolm Hardman. A Kingdom in Two Parishes: Lancashire Religious Writers and the English Monarchy, 1521-1689....

The Islamic family endowment (waqf).
I. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ISLAMIC INHERITANCE SYSTEM A Muslim who wishes to make arrangements for the transmission of his property to the next generation must consider a wide range of variables, including, on the one hand, the nature and extent of his economic assets, and, on...

Avoid challenges to your will.
When someone dies, it is not uncommon for the children, spouse, ex-spouse, relatives, business partners, and anyone else who knew the decedent to break into bitter warfare over the division of the estate. Often, the battle doesn't even involve money, but who gets Aunt Jenny's jewelry or Grandfather's antique golf...

Is probate really worth avoiding?
The very utterance of the word "probate" evokes images of a slow, costly court process and, in the case of large, controversial estates, headlines and appearances on "Court TV." Best-selling books, seminars, and articles have been devoted to ways to avoid it, especially through the use of living trusts. Yet,...

Soul-searching in Utah.
"The Good Lord commanded Adam to keep a genealogy." A dozen of us are listening to the 9 A.M. orientation at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints's Family History Library. In a neighborhood - Salt Lake City's Temple Square - devoted to the monumental, the library more than...

Quick & legal will book, 5th ed. (CD-ROM included).
9781413308617 Quick & legal will book, 5th ed. (CD-ROM included) Clifford, Denis. Nolo 2008 156 pages $21.99 Paperback KF755 For the lay public, this book/CD-ROM package provides forms and step-by-step instructions...

Love and Death: My Journey Through the Valley of the Shadow.
Love and Death: My Journey Through the Valley of the Shadow. By Forrest Church. Beacon, 156 pp., $22.00. When Forrest Church announced to his congregation that his esophageal cancer was terminal and that he had months, not years, to live, he promised that...

Animal lover's bequest a big surprise.
Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard FLORENCE - "Sometimes I prefer animals to people," Bernice DePue was known to say. "She said it more than once," said longtime friend Lydia Brackney. It makes sense, then, that DePue would bequeath most of her life's savings...

Become an I WILL Benefactor.
You can build on your legacy as a physical therapist who provides the best care for patients by including the Foundation for Physical Therapy in your will or living trust and becoming an I WILL Benefactor. By making a lasting gift, you are saying: I...

CMS mandates switch to new ABN form by September 1.
The Medicare program has issued a revised Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) that clinical laboratories and other Part B providers must begin using by no later than September 1 of this year. The new single-page ABN (Form CMS-R-131) replaces both the general-use ABN-G (CMSR131G) and the lab-specific ABN-L (CMS-R-131L) that...