Wills and Estates

Course Information

Registration Information

Meeting Times

Day Time Location
MON, TUE, WED 9:10 - 10:17 am TNH 2.124

Evaluation Method

Type Date Time Location
Final exam May 7, 2020

Description

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 Estates Code. However, the course also examines the law of many other jurisdictions, as well as numerous Uniform Acts. Prerequisites: None.

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

Johanson's Texas Estates Code Annotated *
Johanson
Thomson Reuters , edition: 2019
ISBN: 9780314692078
Cases and Materials on Gratuitous Transfers: Wills, Intestate Succession, Trusts, Gifts, Future Interests, and Estate and Gift Taxation *
Ascher & McCouch
West , edition: 7th ed. 2019
ISBN: 9781640206106

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Important Class Changes

Date Updated
04/20/2020 Exam information updated