Legal rules documents govern succession with regard to the assets of estates after a person dies. Corporate and government structures also typically create rules of succession to ensure the orderly transfer of power under a variety of circumstances.
Succession takes place when circumstances require an entity to pass power, assets, or property to some other party. Typical triggers for succession include retirement, death, obsolescence, or incapacitation. Under ideal circumstances, all parties involved in succession have prepared and documented a plan so that the process moves smoothly, allowing any successor to fulfill any new duties in a way fully compatible with all other entities in place.
For example, a personal, revocable trust provides an opportunity to move assets into an entity outside the estate while providing specific instructions regarding who holds the assets, as well as how and when those assets get distributed in the future.
When coupled with a pour-over will , which moves any remaining assets out of an estate and into a trust, most people can exercise full control over the legal succession of their assets. For estates where the deceased has no will, legislative rules govern who receives the assets of an estate through a process called intestate succession.
In the U. Unrelated individuals or organizations rarely receive property via these rules, even if the deceased made informal requests that they benefit from the estate. Under intestate succession laws, some states will seize the assets of individuals who die without surviving relatives.
Many organizations and governments use explicit rules of succession to ensure an orderly transfer of power in the event key leaders become unable to fulfill their duties.
The United States provides for the succession of executive power in the U. Constitution, supplemented by Presidential Succession Acts passed by Congress in , , and Among other things, the rules chart out the hierarchy of who would inherit the powers of the U.
President in the event of death, incapacitation, resignation, or removal from office via impeachment. The U. Called probate in other states, succession is the process of filing documents with the court so that assets can be transferred from someone who has passed away to their heirs. In Louisiana, almost every estate—no matter how small—will have to go through succession, even if there is a valid Last Will and Testament.
In some cases, the process is simple, but in other cases, it can get very complicated very quickly. In all but the simplest situations, you should work with a succession attorney to ensure that the process is as efficient as possible and that, as an heir, your rights are protected.
We will ask you a few questions to quickly determine if a succession is necessary and if you need an attorney to help you. Also, heirs will not receive their inheritance until the process is complete, and a judgment of possession has been issued. The general meaning of the word, succession, is the process of following another. As a legal terminology, succession means taking the rights of another as his or her successor.
It usually denotes the transmission of rights and obligations of the deceased to his legal heirs. The word, succession, is also used to refer to the rights, estate, and charges left by a person after his or her death, irrespective of whether the value of the property is more or less than the charges. It may also signify the right of the heir to take possession of the estate of the deceased.
Succession not only includes the rights and obligations left by the deceased at the time of his or her death, but it also includes new charges, rights, and obligations that accrue to the existing ones after opening of the succession. Successor refers to the person who follows or replaces another. Young, T. The ecology of restoration: historical links, emerging issues and unexplored realms.
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Neutral Theory of Species Diversity. Abiotically-Mediated Direct and Indirect Effects. Biological Stoichiometry. Sampling Biological Communities. Succession: A Closer Look.
Dynamics of Predation. Ecological Consequences of Parasitism. Resource Partitioning and Why It Matters. Direct and Indirect Interactions. Keystone Species. Citation: Emery, S. Nature Education Knowledge 3 10 What do volcanoes, glaciers, sand dunes, storms, agriculture, and fire have in common? They all initiate the process of succession in communities. Aa Aa Aa.
The Role of Disturbance. In plant communities, succession begins when an area is made partially or completely devoid of vegetation because of a disturbance. Disturbances can take many different forms, and can vary in intensity and size. Large, extreme disturbances such as volcanic eruptions or glacier retreat result in very slow succession due to complete mortality of all living individuals in the system, as well as loss of the entire soil complex.
This type of succession is often called primary succession, as the soil, as well as all characteristic organisms, needs to re-establish. Large, low intensity disturbances, such as plowing in conventional agriculture, result in moderate amounts of succession, where species can survive in the soil and quickly recolonize areas after a disturbance.
Early successional communities are those that establish themselves relatively quickly after disturbance, while late successional communities are those that establish themselves much later. Classic Perspectives of Succession. Figure 1: Chronosequences are often used to study succession. A Typical chronosequence for sand dune succession. Figure 2: Two contrasting views of succession. A The super-organism concept, where groups of species are tightly associated, and are supplanted by other groups of tightly associated species.
Patterns and Mechanisms of Succession. Plant reestablishment 15 years after the debris avalanche at Mount St. Figure 4: Succession after glacier retreat.
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