Court: Those who assist in suicide can still inherit
September 27th, 2008From the AP/Chicago Tribune:
An appeals court in Wisconsin has ruled that the wife and daughter of a man who committed suicide can inherit his estate even if they assisted him in killing himself.
Edward Schunk of Stanley, Wis., had non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and died of a self-inflicted shotgun wound. His wife and daughter allegedly drove him home from the hospital and gave him a loaded shotgun.
Under Wisconsin law, a person who “intentionally kills” another cannot inherit; the court found that the law does not extend to those who assist in suicide. Boston College Law Professor Ray Madoff, an expert in inheritance law, said she has never heard of a similar ruling in the nation.
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