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PropertyProf Blog
Advice to Law Journals: In Eighteen Parts (more or less)
By propertyprof
I've been very quiet of late. Mostly this is due to the crush of work--committee work (heard something like thirty job talks last year, for instance, and that's not the…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Proposed Grantor Retained Interest Trusts Regulations
Today (June 6, 2007), the IRS issued proposed regulations to provide "guidance on the portion of a trust properly includible in a grantor’s gross estate under Internal Revenue Code (Code)…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Trusts for Wild Animals
Estate planning for pet owners is gaining in popularity and is discussed in detail here.It has recently been reported that the state and federal officials are considering establishing a trust…
La Revue
Fiducie
En introduisant la fiducie en droit français, la loi du 19 février 2007 a modernisé le Code civil et doté la France d’un instrument juridique attendu depuis très longtemps par…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Selected Trusts and Estates Statutes, 2007 Educational Edition
Mark L. Ascher (Joseph D. Jamail Centennial Chair in Law, University of Texas at Austin) and Grayson M.P. McCouch (Professor of Law, University of San Diego) will have their new…
Sui Generis--a New York law blog
Define That Term #211 May 06, 2007 Thursday’s term was
By Niki Black
Define That Term #211 May 06, 2007 Thursday's term was generation skipping, which is defined as:adj., adv. referring to gifts made through trusts by a grandparent to a grandchild, skipping…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
New Wyoming Laws
Wyoming has recently enacted the Wyoming Unitrust Act which authorizes the creation of or the conversion of an income trust to a unitrust (2007 Wyo. Sess. Laws 154) and has…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Funeral Home Makes Claim Against James Brown’s Trust
According to Katrina A. Goggins, Funeral home wants $70,000 from James Brown trust, Houston Chronicle, April 19, 2007:The trust handling James Brown's estate owes more than $70,000 for his elaborate…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
North Dakota Enacts Uniform Trust Code
North Dakota has recently enacted the Uniform Trust Code. House Bill 1034.The effective date is August 1, 2007.
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
New Edition of “Uniform Trust and Estate Statutes” Published
John H. Langbein (Sterling Professor of Law and Legal History, Yale Law School) and Lawrence W. Waggoner (Lewis M. Simes Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School) have recently…