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Life After Death: Modern Genetics and the Estate Claim
For members of the Conference for Advanced Life Underwriting December 2009
By Kimberly A. Whaley and Helena Likwornik
Introduction
The purpose of this paper is to consider certain estate law issues that are bound to arise given recent scientific advances in the field of genetics and assisted reproduction. This paper will also consider how the courts are likely to react to these issues.
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