Class Details

This course deals with donative transfers of property, including intestate succession, probate administration of decedents’ estates, execution and revocation of wills, the use of trusts in estate planning, and rules of construction that affect will and trust drafting. The course also will cover community property laws and basic estate tax and gift tax principles. Relevant Texas Estates Code and Uniform Probate Code statutes will be included in a Supplement to the casebook. Prerequisites: None.

Meeting Days	Time	Location
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday	9:10 - 10:17 am	TNH 2.137

Evaluation Method	Date	Time	Alpha Range	Room
Final	12/7/16	8:30 am	A-Z	2.140

Additional Information

Course Type

Upperclass-only elective

Grading Method

Pass/Fail Not Allowed

Textbooks

Wills, Trusts and Estates - Dukeminier & Sitkoff

Wolters Kluwer , edition: 9th
ISBN: 9781454824572 (required)
Wills & Estates 2015 Supplement - Johanson

UT Sales Office , edition: 2015
ISBN: none (required)

Faculty

Johanson, Stanley M