LAW 7600 - Trusts & Estates

This course explores the legal problems related to inter vivos and testamentary gratuitous transfers of wealth, including: intestate succession; wills and the construction of wills; will substitutes, including trusts, contracts, multiple party bank accounts, and gifts; restrictions on transfers of wealth aimed at protecting the family; class gifts; and probate and trust administration. Close attention will be paid to the Uniform Probate Code, and the policies they reflect.