Laci's things in tug of war

The Modesto Bee ^ | May 31, 2003 | Garth Stapely and John Cote'

[Canadian Outrage]

The burglars were polygraphed and cleared!! Besides the burglary happened on a DIFFERENT day!!

[Yeti]

I am doing okay, how are you?

[Sacajaweau]

Interesting. If Scott sold HER car, it would mean HER name was not on the title. Not real unusual for a second car BUT it raises the question of "Who is Controlling" and from what I see, Scott says "EVERYTHING IS MINE, MINE, MINE."

[Yeti]

Already skipping some of the threads

Have you read about caffeine, duct tape and Donnie? The plot thickens ...

Have you seen Wheat? She went missing...

No.

I haven't been reading all of the threads myself. Too much to keep up with, and there are never any good Amber jokes anymore ; )

[norton]

And you point is.....?

Just when did posters on FR begin to take "media reports" as gospel?

And, just when did "Devil_Anse" become a poster here - ain't like a long time tag line.

[Devil_Anse]

You said, "notice that the Petersons don't appear to be using or benefitting from the house."

How did you come to that conclusion? Let me guess: you read comments on a forum, or read or heard a news report or two.

The news reports I read and heard said the Petersons had tried to persuade Scott's defense counsel and his assistants to use the house as a place to stay while in Modesto. That is "using or benefitting from the house".

Where else would we get information on this news story--or any news story--except from the media? Were you sitting next to President Bush when he made his decisions regarding Iraq? Or regarding Afghanistan? Were you in Florida during the 2000 attempt by democrats to steal the election? Were you in Modesto sitting with the police as they conducted their investigation, or sitting with the defense team as it decided what it was going to say or do? If you were not actually there when a news event happened, are you saying that you are not able to comment on it or discuss it in any way?

Are there any stories discussed on FR for which you did not need to rely on some sort of media, to find out what was going on?

And I became a poster here when I decided to. There's this little page, see, where you can go look at when a person became a member. And this matters because.....?

[Devil_Anse]

Thanks! I almost missed your post, since I'm at least one thread behind. So Scott is the heir of all that they acquired during their marriage through community funds. BUT--try this on for size--the house doesn't go to him through inheritance, right, but b/c he is the survivor of the joint tenancy with right of survivorship? Doesn't matter too much, since the result is the same, except that he became the owner of her house on her death--a quick and probate-less acquisition.

I have never heard that Laci had a will. I am assuming that she didn't.

As for Laci's vehicle, which Scott has already sold, I guess that was a community asset. I heard that its title was held in Scott's name--although of course whose name was on the title is sometimes only part of the story of who owns it.

So I guess in the end Scott will get only what he already owned, when the assets are liquidated, and will get nothing that was Laci's.

[Devil_Anse]

I meant to say above that he became the owner of THEIR house on her death--sole owner, that is.