Need for Slayer Statute to Determine Effect of Homicide on Property Rights

In their Trusts and Estates Law column, C. Raymond Radigan and Peter K. Kelly, of counsel to Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, write that a statute that clarifies the extent of the wrongs giving rise to forfeiture, considers the existing case law and sets forth the legislative judgment in these matters is necessary to avoid inconsistent results.

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