A Charitable Organization Wants to Decide How to Spend Its

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Essay

A charitable organization wants to decide how to spend its money in order to have the largest impact on the future mental health of children in poverty. They know that children who spend time in poverty are more likely than other children to develop mental health problems in adolescence. Since the organization's funds are limited, they can assist only a small group of families to escape poverty. The organization would like to know whether the age that the child is in poverty or the

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Definitions:

Intestacy Statutes

Laws that determine how a person's property will be distributed if they die without a will.

Bequest

A gift of personal property by will (from the verb to bequeath).

Residuary

Relating to the remainder of an estate after debts, specific bequests, and expenses have been accounted for.

Intestacy Laws

Legal provisions that dictate the distribution of a deceased person's estate in the absence of a will.