Advance gifts

12:28 Jul 13, 2022 

Marija, ako tražite neko konciznije rešenje, možda bi ipak bilo bolje da samo pomenete, "činjenje/davanje poklona", jer se za poklon članu porodice ostavioca obično već pretpostavlja da se uračunava u nasledni deo (osim ako ostavilac izričito ne izjavi suprotno ili kada to nedvosmisleno proizilazi iz okolnosti).

I da, ovde se i dalje radi o činjenju/davanju poklona, bez obzira što je u ime ostavioca, a u korist naslednika, na osnovu ovlašćenja/punomoćja.

08:36 Jul 13, 2022 

The will maker refers to the whole part of his estate to be legally inherited by his wife (who is also an executor) and children as "gift". However, she can use "that gift" for the education, maintenance of children before they legally inherit that estate.

08:16 Jul 13, 2022 

I understand the phrase and whether it's an adjective or verb… This is not a question about the meaning of the whole phrase but rather the exact Serbian version (if we have it). I wanted to avoid long Serbian explanation. I just hoped there was something specific in Serbian law.

05:21 Jul 13, 2022 

ONE little word contradicts it: "My executor may .... ."

if there is a "My executor" then THERE MUST BE:

- a will (= the opposite of "intestate")
- it's a clause (about some kind of "gift") applicable only AFTER the will maker died AND it's explicitely mentioned in the will (= the opposite of a "gift" made BEFORE death and simply ignored in the will)

Context?

01:04 Jul 13, 2022 

"An advancement is a gift made during a donor’s life to a family member, usually when the donor anticipates their own death. The value of the advancement is included in the calculation of the net probate estate when the donor dies. Therefore, the advancement has the effect of reducing the share of the probate estate that the family member receives by intestate succession. The primary purpose of an advancement is to further the equal treatment of heirs within the applicable intestacy statute’s distribution pattern."

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/advancement

17:59 Jul 12, 2022 

In "advance gifts" the "advance" part sounds like it's an adjective qualifying "gifts", IOW at first view it looks like "advance gifts" is "adjective + noun" combination describing some special category of gifts.

While in fact what you have in your text is "to advance gifts [made in a will]" i.e. a "verb + object of the verb" combination, not quite the same. The "gift" is just a generic "gift", and "to advance" is an action applied to that gift.

It might sound obvious - for those who bother to read the given context first. But too many people just rush headlong skipping that step ...