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9780735536951

Wills, Trusts, And Estates

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  • ISBN13:

    9780735536951

  • ISBN10:

    0735536953

  • Edition: 7th
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-04-01
  • Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
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Good news for students and instructors in Wills, Trusts, and Estates ' the Seventh Edition of the venerable casebook created by Dukeminier and Johanson is now available. Long recognized as one of the best casebooks written for any course, Wills Trusts, and Estates, Seventh Edition, benefits from the scholarship and insight of new co-authors James Lindgren and Robert H. Sitkoff.In preparing the Seventh Edition, the authors remained true to the features that have made Wills, Trusts, and Estates a long-time favorite of law students and law professors such as:The late Jesse Dukeminier's unique blend of wit, erudition, insight, and playfulnessCoverage of all key topics, clearly and logically organizedHuman-interest cases that are engaging to read and enjoyable to teachWell-written notes, questions, and problems that enhance the cases and connect them to broader legal principlesCartoons, illustrations, and photographs that provide humor and visual commentaryComprehensive Teacher's Manual that answers every question and problem, provides commentary on cases and articles excerpted in the main text, and offers deeper analysis and contextual observations to assist in fostering lively classroom discussionScrupulously revised to maintain currency in all aspects of Wills, Trusts, and Estates law, the Seventh Edition includes:Updates reflecting the ALI's and NCCUSL's recent law reform efforts such as the Restatement (Third) of Trusts; the Uniform Trust Code (including 2004 amendments); Restatement (Third) of Property, Wills and Other Donative Transfers; and the Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests ActImportant new case law on the inheritance rights of posthumously-conceived children; will execution formalities; reformation of wills and trusts for mistake; domestic and offshore self-settled asset protection trusts; and donor enforcement of charitable trustsEnhanced coverage of current topics of interest including the inheritance rights of same-sex partners; fiduciary administration and trust-investment law; and the continuing erosion of the Rule against PerpetuitiesUpdated tax coverage including the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001Teacher's Manual available on CD-ROM

Table of Contents

Introduction to estate planningp. 1
Intestacy : an estate plan by defaultp. 59
Wills : capacity and contestsp. 141
Wills : formalities and formsp. 199
Nonprobate transfers and planning for incapacityp. 295
Construction of willsp. 365
Restrictions on the power of disposition : protection of the spouse and childrenp. 417
Trusts : creation and characteristicsp. 485
Building flexibility into trusts : powers of appointmentp. 589
Construction of trusts : future interestsp. 623
Trust duration and the rule against perpetuitiesp. 671
Charitable trustsp. 729
Trust administration : the fiduciary obligationp. 771
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