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Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Book on Uniform Trust & Estate Statutes
Thomas P. Gallanis recently published a book entitled, Uniform Trust and Estate Statutes (2017). Provided below is a summary of the book:This statutory supplement is ideal for use in basic…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article on a New Perspective of Estate Planning Formalism
David Horton recently published an Article entitled, Tomorrow’s Inheritance: The Frontiers of Estate Planning Formalism, 58 Boston College L. Rev. (Forthcoming). Provided below is an abstract of the Article:The rules…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article on How Courts Applied the Clear & Convincing Standard to Will Law Reforms
Jane B. Baron recently published an Article entitled, Irresolute Testators, Clear and Convincing Wills Law, 73 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 3 (2016). Provided below is an abstract of the…
PropertyProf Blog
Baron on the Clear and Convincing Evidence Standard in the Law of Wills
Jane Baron (Temple) has posted Irresolute Testators, Clear and Convincing Wills Law (Washington and Lee Law Review). Here's the abstract:Controversial recent wills law reforms, embodied in new provisions of both…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article On Irresolute Testators, Clear And Convincing Wills Law
Jane B. Baron (Professor, Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law) recently published an article entitled, Irresolute Testators, Clear and Convincing Wills Law, 73 Washington & Lee L.…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Call For Papers: ACTEC Law Journal — Estate Planning In the 21st Century: Seismic Shifts and Predictions for the Future
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel announces a Call For Papers on the following topics: Estate planning has radically changed in the last several decades. Statutes such as the…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article On Probate In Alameda County, California
David Horton (Professor, University of California, Davis - School of Law), recently published an article entitled, In Partial Defense of Probate: Evidence from Alameda County, California, 103 Georgetown Law Journal 605 (2015).…
The Faculty Lounge
CFP: Estate Planning in the 21st Century
Estate Planning In the 21st Century: Seismic Shifts and Predictions for the Future The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel announces a Call For Papers on the following topics:…
Family Law Prof Blog
Hope: “Til Death or Divorce Do Us Depart: The Case for Aligning the Elective Share with Alimony Reform”
By Family Law
Rebekah Gleason Hope has posted "Til Death or Divorce Do Us Depart: The Case for Aligning the Elective Share with Alimony Reform" on SSRN. Here is the abstract:The Uniform Probate Code…
The Faculty Lounge
Gender, Farms, and Inheritance
As I'm thinking about Carla Spivack's conference on "trusts and estates meets gender, race, and class" -- and also testamentary practices in the Shenandoah Valley in the pre-Civil War era…