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Shaffer, Mooney and Boettcher’s The Planning and Drafting of Wills and Trusts, 5th Edition Released
The Fifth Edition of The Planning and Drafting of Wills and Trusts authored by Thomas L. Shaffer, Carol Ann Mooney, and Amy Jo Boettcher has recently been released by Foundation…
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Same-Sex Adoption as Creating “Grandchild?” — Update
Earlier on this blog, I discussed the case of Olive Watson who, in 1991, adopted her same-sex partner, Patricia Spado. By doing so, Olive made Patricia her "child" so that…
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GSTT & QTIP Articles
Wendy Gerzog (Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law) has recently posted two tax articles on SSRN, one hot off the press and one historical.Gerson: Plain Meaning and…
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Same-Sex Adoption as Creating “Grandchild?”
In 1991, Olive Watson adopted her same-sex partner, Patricia Spado. By doing so, Olive made Patricia her "child" so that she would be able to inherit from her upon Olive's…
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Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts
Donald O. Jansen (Retired Senior Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., Houston, Texas) has recently published his article entitled Giving Birth to, Caring for, and Feeding the Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust,…
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Separate Shares and Distributable Net Income
Michael T. Yu (Assistant Professor of Law, California Western School of Law) has recently published his article entitled A Proposed Allocation of Distributable Net Income to the Separate Shares of…
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More on James Brown’s Trust
On Wednesday, January 24, 2007, six of James Brown's children filed a petition requesting an emergency hearing to remove the trustees of Brown's trust. The children claim that the trustees…
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Even More on James Brown
Continuing the discussion from earlier on this blog, the debate continues to swirl around whether Tomi Rae is really his surviving spouse and whether he had six or seven children,…
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Casebook on Texas Trust Law Published
Texas Trust Law: Cases and Materials (2007) is now available.This book is designed for law school courses covering trusts. The cases, problems, and questions are drawn extensively from Texas materials…
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Beneficiary Rights Teleconference
The Cannon Financial Institute is sponsoring a teleconference on January 23, 2007 entitled Beneficiaries' Rights Under Wills & Trusts - Like Them Or Not . Here is a description of…