Wills and Estates

Semester: Fall 2013
Course ID: 489N
Credit Hours: 4
Unique: 29535

Course Information

Registration Information

Upperclass-only elective

Meeting Times

Day	Time	Location
MON, WED	11:50 am - 12:57 pm	TNH 2.139
THU	10:30 - 11:37 am	TNH 2.139

Evaluation Method

Type	Date	Time	Location
Final exam	December 10, 2013	8:30 am	A-J in 2.139 K-Z in 2.140

Description

This course deals with donative transfers of property. Included are community property, intestate succession, the execution and revocation of wills, frequently recurring drafting problems, the use of trusts, principles of fiduciary administration, future interests, the rule against perpetuities, powers of appointment, estate and gift taxation, and basic estate planning. Often, the course focuses on Texas law; indeed, one of the required texts includes the Texas Probate Code. However, the course also examines the law of other jurisdictions, as well as a variety of Uniform Acts. Prerequisites: None.

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

Wills & Estates--Supplementary Materials *

Johanson

UT Print Shop , edition: 2013
ISBN: none

Wills, Trusts & Estates *

Dukeminier, Sitkoff & Lindgren

Aspen , edition: 8th
ISBN: 978-0-7355-7996-5

Loose-Leaf and SMARTe bundle: Wills, Trusts & Estates (optional)

Dukeminier, Sitkoff & Lindgren

Aspen , edition: 8th
ISBN: 9781454816300

Instructors

Johanson, Stanley M.