Idaho Legal Guides
9 guides covering Idaho topics, each with CaseDiver search beside the article.
- Castle Doctrine in Idaho: Deadly Force Against Intruders
Idaho castle doctrine: when occupants may use deadly force against home intruders, key statutes (Idaho Code § 18-4009), presumptions, and leading cases.
- How Do You Make a Valid Will In Idaho?
To make a valid will under Idaho law the will must be: In writing; Signed by the testator or in the testator’s name; and Signed by two witnesses. The requirements to make a valid will under Idaho law are set forth in Idaho Code § 15-…
- Idaho Child Support Guidelines: How Support Is Calculated
How Idaho calculates child support under Idaho Code § 32-706; Idaho Child Support Guidelines, including the income shares, deviations, modification, and leading cases.
- Idaho Elective Share Statutes Apply To Quasi-Community Property
The elective share statutes can only be used to recover quasi-community property under Idaho law, as opposed to community property. To recover community property, a common law remedy is available for Idaho surviving spouses . The mechanics …
- Idaho Spousal maintenance: Eligibility, Amount, and Duration
How Idaho courts award spousal maintenance under Idaho Code § 32-705: eligibility, statutory factors, duration, and leading cases.
- Idaho Supreme Court: Mom Owed Son Fiduciary Duties Under Trust Agreement
In Ferguson v. Ferguson , a July 2020 opinion from the Idaho Supreme Court, the Court addressed the fiduciary duties of a trustee who has discretion to spend the trust’s principal, the scope of records available to a trust beneficiary, and …
- Stand Your Ground Laws in Idaho
Idaho stand-your-ground overview (statutory stand-your-ground): duty to retreat, statutes, civil immunity, and controlling cases.
- Surviving Spouse Rights Idaho
Idaho law provides a surviving spouse with many important widow's rights and benefits, including: Intestate share Community Property Homestead allowance Elective Share (sometimes) Does a Surviving Spouse Have Rights in Idaho When There Is N…
- Who Are Next Of Kin In Idaho?
The terms “next of kin” and “heirs” are used synonymously in Idaho intestate succession law to mean “those persons, including the surviving spouse, who are entitled under the statutes of intestate succession to the property of a decedent.” …