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Trusts & Trustees 2009 15(6):503-511; doi:10.1093/tandt/ttp070
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© The Author (2009). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.

In focus

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This section compares law and practice of various jurisdictions in particular areas. We use the Q&A format familiar to readers of the World Trust Survey, but the In Focus section asks for more detailed answers than in the Survey. For 2009 the subject is succession, looking particularly at applicable laws, conflict of laws, forced heirship rights and the division of community property from an onshore perspective and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in relation to forced heirship, matrimonial property and foreign community property from an offshore perspective. In this issue, we deal with the onshore position in the United States of America and the offshore position in the Isle of Man.

 

Onshore: United States of America

Suzanne M. Reisman*

*Suzanne M. Reisman, Bar of the State of New York member, Law Offices of Suzanne M. Reisman, 4/5 Park Place, SW1A 1LP England. Tel: 44-20-7898-9338; Email: suzanne@suzannereisman.com.

The laws of the United States of America are composed of a federal common law system and the laws passed by each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia (collectively state law). State laws govern . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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