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In common law, a next friend (Law French prochein ami) is a person who represents another person who is under age, or, because of disability or otherwise, is unable to maintain a suit on his or her own behalf and who does not have a legal guardian. They may also be known as a litigation friend, a guardian ad litem, or a litigation guardian.
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Next-of-kin status for emergency medical decisions or filing wrongful death claims; Custodial rights to children, shared property, child support, and alimony after divorce; Domestic violence intervention; Access to "family only" services, such as reduced rate memberships to clubs & organizations or residency in certain neighborhoods
California is late to making the change; 45 other states and D.C. already have next-of-kin laws.
"The Next of Kin will be notified promptly in an appropriate dignified and understanding manner by a uniformed service representative. He/she will wear the Class "A" uniform and present a soldierly appearance when making notification." The process for death notification in the military is a three-phase process.
One legal definition of degrees of consanguinity. [1] The number next to each box in the table indicates the degree of relationship relative to the given person. Consanguinity (from Latin consanguinitas 'blood relationship') is the characteristic of having a kinship with a relative who is descended from a common ancestor.
An indefeasible portion, the forced estate, [a] passing to the deceased's next-of-kin [b] (conjunctissimi). A discretionary portion, or free estate, [c] to be freely disposed of by will. Forced heirship is generally a feature of civil-law legal systems which do not recognize total freedom of testation, in contrast with common law jurisdictions.
The word comes from French héritier légitime, meaning "rightful heir." The legitime is usually a statutory fraction of the decedent's gross estate and passes as joint property to the decedent's next-of-kin in equal undivided shares. The legitime cannot be infringed in order to give a spouse or other beneficiary a greater share of the estate.