Bob Has Inherited a Small Home in Wyoming from His

question 57

Multiple Choice

Bob has inherited a small home in Wyoming from his deceased uncle George. Bob has no desire to live in Wyoming, but he enjoys going up to his Wyoming property to fish for two weeks every fall and spring. George's lawyer has agreed to have the home secured when Bob leaves and to have it opened when he's planning to visit. George's lawyer, without asking or informing Bob, has suggested to his freeloading brother Alan and Alan's wife, Judith, that they stay at Bob's Wyoming place and simply vacate just before Bob shows up, which they do. They live there acting like the owners for 48 weeks every year. The statutory period for adverse possession in Wyoming is 10 years. After 12 years Alan and Judith file for ownership under Wyoming's adverse possession statute.

• A) Alan and Judith will be successful because they have lived there for longer than the required 10 years.
• B) Alan and Judith will be successful because they have lived there for longer than the required 10 years and they were open, notorious, and visible.
• C) Alan and Judith will not be successful because one cannot become the owners by adverse possession if one is there without the owner's permission.
• D) Alan and Judith will not be successful because their control of the property was not exclusive or continuous.

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Definitions:

Availability Heuristic

A cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate the likelihood of events based on their ability to recall examples more easily.

Confirmation Bias

The habit of looking for, comprehending, selecting, and reminiscing about information that validates an individual's prior convictions or theories.

Hindsight Bias

The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it, also known as the "knew-it-all-along" effect.

Timing Bias

A form of cognitive bias where an individual's decisions or perceptions are influenced by the timing of information or events.