Wills, Trusts, and Estates

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Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-04-01
Publisher(s): Wolters Kluwer
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Summary

Now there is a student outline for Wills, Trusts, and Estates that you can recommend with absolute confidence. Experienced professors Jeffrey N. Pennell and Alan Newman combine their formidable talents in both writing and teaching in WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATES to help students grasp important concepts and prepare for exams. Easy to use and visually appealing, this concise paperback: explains wills, trusts, intestate succession and non-probate property clearly and succinctly includes treatment of the latest revisions To The Uniform Probate Code offers reliable advice on preparing for class, exams, and legal practice contains numerous examples illustrating the application of rules and concepts WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATES simplifies study with: capsule summaries chapter overviews examples and analysis sections chapter review questions exam tips and sample exam questions glossaries a Casebook Correlation Chart that keys specific areas of the outline To The corresponding topic in major casebooks This clear and direct study guide supports a wide range of teaching materials by zeroing in on key concepts and bringing students to true understanding. Whatever your choice of a main casebook, WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATES can make your course more accessible and memorable to students. Click the appropriate link for more information on the following topics: Rules Against Perpetuities ; Fiduciary Administration ; Wealth Transfer Taxation ; Income Taxation of Estates, Trusts, and Beficiaries ; Charitable Trusts and Planning for Incapacity .

Table of Contents

Contents vii
Casebook Correlation xlvii
Capsule Summary 1(1)
Introduction to Property Transfers at Death
1(14)
Intestacy
15(44)
Testamentary Capacity, Will Contests, Will Formalities, and Related Topics
59(54)
Revocation
113(22)
Will Contracts
135(12)
Will Substitutes
147(24)
Interpretation: What the Decedent Intended
171(26)
Construction: Lapse and Class Gifts
197(26)
Construction: Ademption, Abatement, Accessions, and Exoneration
223(24)
Restrictions on the Power of Disposition: Statutory Forced Heir Shares and Community Property
247(32)
Introduction to Trusts
279(14)
Trust Creation
293(28)
Trust Operation
321(30)
Powers of Appointment
351(24)
Future Interests: Classification, Characteristics, and Construction
375(52)
Sample Exam Questions 427(16)
Glossary 443(16)
Table of Cases 459(2)
Table of Statutes 461(2)
Table of Model Rules and Uniform Acts 463(2)
Table of Restatements of the Law 465(2)
Index 467

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