Wills, Trusts And Estates (Examples & Explanations)

This popular study guide helps students master the complexities of wills, trusts, and estates through a combination of textual material and well-written, comprehensive examples, explanations, and questions. <b>Examples & Explanations: Wills, Trusts, and Estates, Fourth Edition,</b> provides students with the essential background and review materials they need to practice applying legal concepts to fact patterns. <p class="copymedium"> <b>Among the features that make this high-quality study guide popular with both students and instructors:</b> </p> <ul> <li class="copymedium"> comprehensive coverage — the text covers intestacy, wills, and trusts, including nonprobate assets, estate administration, wealth transfer taxation (gift tax, estate tax, generation-skipping transfer tax), disability and death planning, and malpractice/professional responsibility </li> <li class="copymedium"> a conversational writing style that is clear, accessible, and holds students¿ interest </li> <li class="copymedium"> uses the <i>Examples & Explanations</i> format to help students learn in a step-by-step manner and also includes comprehensive questions, with a variety of issues in one fact situation, that are similar to those on law school and bar examinations </li> <li class="copymedium"> casebook correlation charts that make it easy to use the study guide with any of the seven most popular casebooks </li> <li class="copymedium"> a "learning by doing" approach that provides students with the opportunity to evaluate how well they can apply what they have just learned </li> <li class="copymedium"> practical suggestions throughout the text that enhance its pedagogical value and give students an appreciation of the how the concepts apply in the real world </li> <li class="copymedium"> samples of will and trust provisions and an extensively annotated model will </li> <li class="copymedium"> an overview of general nationwide rules </li> <li class="copymedium"> a comprehensive, student-friendly index that allows students to easily find the information they seek </li> <li class="copymedium"> tables for quick location of material relevant to the Uniform Probate Code, Uniform Trust Code, and Internal Revenue Code </li> <li class="copymedium"> updates available on author's website: <a href="http://www.professorbeyer.com/" target="_blank"> www.ProfessorBeyer.com</a> </li> </ul> <p class="copymedium"> <b>Fine-tuned and updated, the Fourth Edition offers:</b> </p> <ul> <li class="copymedium"> materials on recent developments, including: transfer of death deeds; self-settled spendthrift trusts; Rule Against Perpetuities reform; federal gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer tax; Uniform Trust Code; rights of same-sex partners; Medicaid planning; physician-assisted suicide </li> <li class="copymedium"> revised examples that reflect the updated content </li> <li class="copymedium"> updated casebook correlation tables reflecting new editions of the major casebooks </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p>