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WE WERE BORN THIS WAY: THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT AND IMMUTABILITY
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A person can be many things: spouse, parent, attorney, teacher, sports fan, dog owner, bisexual, taxpayer, employee, employer. but few need any explanation in order for courts, lawyers, and lay people to understand their meanings. A dog owner owns a dog, while a taxpayer pays taxes; a teacher teaches, and a spouse is a married…
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Massachusetts Needs to Stop Characterizing Women as Dependent on Men: An Evaluation of the Spousal Elective Share
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Introduction The spousal elective share is a means by which surviving spouses can take a statutorily-determined share in lieu of whatever disposition they receive through their decedent-spouse’s will or to avoid disinheritance altogether.The elective share was created in an effort to support spouses who were not provided for at the death of their partner and…
