Wills and Estates

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)
• Johanson's Texas Probate Code Annotated - Johanson
    Thomson Reuters Westlaw , edition: 2013 ed.
    ISBN: 978-0-314-65819-7   (required)

Faculty