Payments In Annulment Case End With Death of Ex-Husband
JULY 22, 2002 VOLUME 10, NUMBER 3 Late-life marriages, of course, are usually unions of love—even when entered into by widows and widowers with families from earlier marriages. The strains on family relationships can be severe, but love can conquer all. Sometimes, though, late marriages can be the product of manipulation and overreaching by one […]
Despite Dementia Diagnosis, Wyoming Man’s Will Is Valid
FEBRUARY 7, 2000 VOLUME 7, NUMBER 32 Two years before Erwin W. Schlueter died in 1997 at age 85, he had completed his estate planning. He had signed a will, a durable power of attorney for financial matters and a durable power of attorney for health care. When his relatives contested the validity of the […]
Jury Awards $1 In Freezing Death Of Demented Patient
NOVEMBER 29, 1999 VOLUME 7, NUMBER 22 Homer Cone suffered from dementia. As a result, he was placed in a nursing home in Missouri, run by national nursing home chain Beverly Enterprises. Apparently because of his confusion, he wandered out of the nursing home one winter day, got lost and died of hypothermia. Mr. Cone’s […]