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Days after a human skull and bones washed ashore on a beach in Palos Verdes Estates, authorities are still trying to identify the decedent and the cause of death, officials said.
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Other records include maps, old photographs, funeral home records and even death certificates, which can list the decedent’s parents.
—La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2024
Any adult person in the next degree of kinship in the order named by law to inherit the estate of the decedent.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Mar. 2024
Federal Estate & Gift Tax The federal estate tax exclusion for decedents dying will increase to $13,990,000 per person (up from $13,610,000 in 2024) or $27,980,000 per married couple in 2025.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Other records include maps, old photographs, funeral home records and even death certificates, which can list the decedent’s parents.
—La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2024
Any adult person in the next degree of kinship in the order named by law to inherit the estate of the decedent.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Mar. 2024
Federal Estate & Gift Tax The federal estate tax exclusion for decedents dying will increase to $13,990,000 per person (up from $13,610,000 in 2024) or $27,980,000 per married couple in 2025.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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