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Wills and Estates

  • Semester: Spring 2024
  • Course ID: 489N
  • Credit Hours: 4
  • Unique: 28415

Course Information

  • Grading Method: Pass/Fail Allowed (JD only)
  • Will use floating mean GPA if applicable

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective

Meeting Times

Day Time Location
MON, TUE, WED 9:05 - 10:12 am TNH 3.142

Evaluation Method

Type Date Time Location
Final exam (administered by Exam4 in Open Laptop mode) May 1, 2024 8:30 am A-Z in 2.138

Description

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, but it also examines the law of many other jurisdictions, as well as numerous Uniform Acts.

This is a four credit course. There are no prerequisites.

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

Cases and Materials on Gratuitous Transfers: Wills, Intestate Succession, Trusts, Gifts, Future Interests, and Estate and Gift Taxation *
Ascher, Mark, McCouch, Grayson, and Ascher, Mark L.
West , edition: 7
ISBN: 978-1-64020-610-6
Johanson's Texas Estates Code Annotated *
Johanson
Thomson Reuters , edition: 2023
ISBN: 978-1-66871-417-1

Instructors

Headshot of Ascher, Mark L. Ascher, Mark L.
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Important Class Changes

Date Updated
03/29/2024 Exam information updated
01/04/2024 Room(s) changed
10/25/2023 Room(s) changed