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Risking legal challenge from whom, and under what law? Private scholarships are not equal opportunity. Also, do you think that fighting with the trust of a de
by sandmite 7y ago
Risking legal challenge from whom, and under what law? Private scholarships are not equal opportunity.
Also, do you think that fighting with the trust of a deceased or elderly donor is a good idea, for somebody in the business of asking wealthy people for donations? It is definitely not.
- AndyMcConachie 7y agoIt's really sandy in here.
- sandworm101 7y agoWell, I don't know your particular jurisdiction, but many have come to see such wills as against public policy. That can make them unenforceable. So the estate might not be able to come after the school, but the specific mechanism will depend entirely on how the scholarship was setup. >>An Ontario judge has struck down a deceased doctor’s attempt to set up university scholarships exclusively for white, single and heterosexual student. [...] Her decision invoked a little-known legal principle — stemming from an 80-year-old Supreme Court of Canada judgment — that allows courts to quash people’s final wishes if they clearly offend the interests of the state. https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ontario-judge-overturns-doctors-will-that-would-have-granted-scholarships-only-to-white-heterosexual-students https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ontario-judge-overturns... While US courts still tolerate race and gender-based discrimination in wills invoking close family members (ie "my son only inherits if he marries a Jewish girl.") they are less tolerant of bequests held out to members of the public. "100$ to every non-black man in town" would be easily challenged. Specifying only "boys" is a step towards that line. I still see the occasional land deed in my area with a "no chinamen" stipulation, but everyone knows to either ignore or erase such things.