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Old 12-01-2010, 08:47 AM   #31
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Originally Posted by Table 5 View Post
God knows I'm no lawyer, but isn't a lot of law based upon prior rulings (they always cite prior cases on Law and Order at least!)? While one might be sympathetic to the daughters in this case, it seems like this type of ruling, if upheld, has a lot of potential to screw things up down the road.
That's the problem with it. I don't think anyone cares that the daughters ended up with part of the inheritence, but legislating morality and setting case examples is a slippery slope.
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