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BLW 202 CHAPTER 49 10TH ED T/F SELF TEST



True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

An executor is a personal representative named in a will.
 

 2. 

An executor is a personal representative appointed by a court for a decedent who dies without a will.
 

 3. 

One who dies with a valid will has died intestate.
 

 4. 

A legatee is a person who receives a gift of real property under a will.
 

 5. 

A lapsed legacy will occur if the testator predeceases the legatee.
 

 6. 

To be effective, a will must follow certain requirements exactly.
 

 7. 

In most states, a person must be twenty-one years of age to execute a valid will.
 

 8. 

A will may be declared invalid because of undue influence.
 

 9. 

A will that is completely in the handwriting of the testator is a nuncupative will.
 

 10. 

A formal will may be implied by conduct.
 

 11. 

A nuncupative will is an oral will.
 

 12. 

Once executed, a will cannot be revoked.
 

 13. 

To "publish" a will means to record it in the appropriate county office.
 

 14. 

Divorce automatically revokes the entire will of a spouse who executed the will prior to the divorce.
 

 15. 

Many states allow for the distribution of assets without probate proceedings.
 

 16. 

Per stirpes is a method of dividing an intestate share of an estate.
 

 17. 

An express trust arises by operation of law.
 

 18. 

A trust that a grantor executes orally in contemplation of immediate death is a testamentary trust.
 

 19. 

In a spendthrift trust, a beneficiary can transfer his or her right to the trust's principal if the transfer is "thrifty."
 

 20. 

The trustee is the person for whose benefit a trust is held.
 



 
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