family law

In-kind is a distribution, or the substitution of goods or services in lieu of money. In-kind is commonly used in wills and trusts, as it empowers the executor or trustee to distribute property to beneficiaries.

Incapacity is a term used across different areas of the legal landscape that reflects one’s inability to perform various functions.

Common uses include:

Incest is marriage or sexual intercourse with a relative within the prohibited degree of consanguinity.  In other words, incest is sexual contact between close blood relatives, including brothers and sisters, parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren, or aunts or uncles with nephews or nieces. Incest is a crime in all states, even if consensual by both parties.

Income in respect of decedent or “IRD” refers to any income a deceased person would have received, had they lived. For example, when a salesperson earns a commission, and dies before the commission is paid. 

Incompatibility refers to persistent and unresolvable differences or irreconcilable conflicts between spouses that make it impossible to continue living together as spouses.

To be incompatible means that there are persistent and unresolvable differences or irreconcilable conflicts between spouses that make it impossible to continue living together as spouses.

Incompetence or incompetency usually means a lack of legal ability to do something, especially to testify or stand trial.

Incompetency is a lack of physical or intellectual ability, or to be deemed unqualified of doing something or taking responsibility. Such inability is usually caused by a mental illness or disability. 

Here are examples of incompetency in different legal areas:

Incurable Insanity is a legal grounds for obtaining a divorce under family law. In Scott v.

The term “inherit” may refer to one of two common uses.