Is a person who killed another person entitled to a portion of the estate of the deceased, even if that person was of unsound mind?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Jollimore Estate v. Nova Scotia (Public Archives), 2011 NSSC 218 (CanLII):
There is an exception to the general rule. If it can be established the person who killed another is of unsound mind, the person is not disqualified from taking a benefit from the estate of the person he or she killed. The onus is on the person claiming on behalf of the person who killed the other. (In re Pollock: Pollock v. Pollock, [1941] 1 Ch. 219)
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