Peter Bunclark wrote on 2003-06-09 07:15 UTC:
> On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Kevin J. Rowett wrote:
> > Many wills and living trusts these days are written to provide
> > for concurrent death events of both spouses, even to the point of
> > defining concurrent to be within 30 hours of each other.
I wonder where the 30 hours come from. Is is something like 24 h plus
the time zone uncertainty interval in the main habitat of US lawyers?
> So move the deaths exactly (exactly?!!!) 30 hours apart and I'll see you
> in court...
The proper solution might involve teaching lawyers about fuzzy logic.
Markus
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Received on Mon Jun 09 2003 - 02:40:59 PDT