Wills and Estates

Semester: Spring 2015
Course ID: 489N
Credit Hours: 4
Unique: 28860

Course Information

Grading Method: Pass/Fail Allowed (JD only)

Registration Information

Upperclass-only elective

Meeting Times

Day	Time	Location
MON, TUE, WED, THU	9:10 - 10:00 am	TNH 2.123

Evaluation Method

Type	Date	Time	Location
Final exam	May 7, 2015	1:30 pm	A-Z in 2.140

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 )

Cases and Materials on Gratuitous Transfers *

Ascher, Clark, McCouch & Murphy

West , edition: 6th 2013
ISBN: 978-0-314-28027-5

Johanson's Texas Estates Code Annotated *

Johanson

Thomson Reuters Westlaw , edition: 2015 ed.
ISBN: 978-0-314-66271-2

Instructors

Ascher, Mark L.