This is a four credit course. Wills and Estates focuses on donative transfers of property. Included are community property, intestate succession, the execution and revocation of wills, frequently recurring drafting problems, the use of trusts, fiduciary administration, future interests, the rule against perpetuities, powers of appointment, estate and gift taxation, and basic estate planning. The course emphasizes Texas law; indeed, one of the required texts includes the entire Texas Probate Code. However, the course also examines the law of many other jurisdictions, as well as numerous Uniform Acts.
Prerequisites: None.
Class Details
Meeting Days
Time
Location
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
10:30 - 11:20 am
TNH 2.139
Evaluation Method
Date
Time
Alpha Range
Room
Final
5/7/14
1:30 pm
A-Z
2.137
Additional Information
Course Type
Upperclass-only elective
Textbooks
Cases and Materials on Gratuitous Transfers
- Ascher, Clark, McCouch & Murphy
West
,
edition: 6th 2013
ISBN: 978-0-314-28027-5
(required)
Ascher, Mark L