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Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Wills, Trusts and Estates Law has Entered the Chat
Wills, Trusts and Estate Law has entered the chat! The #1 most popular puzzle game on Twitch, a video game streaming site, is all about estate administration. The opening cutscene…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
When Leaving the House to Your Heirs Backfires
Americans have trillions of dollars of wealth locked up in their homes, and passing it on at death can get messy quickly. The typical way of outlining who should get…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article: Nominal Bequests
Mark Glover (University of South Carolina School of Law) recently published, Nominal Bequests, 2025. Provided below is an Abstract: De minimis non curat lex.This maxim provides that the law does not…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Pope Francis left a last will and testament before his death
Pope Francis used his last will and testament to detail his wishes for where he would like to be interred following his death. The leader of the Catholic Church died…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Pope Francis left a last will and testament before his death
Pope Francis used his last will and testament to detail his wishes for where he would like to be interred following his death.The leader of the Catholic Church died Monday…
The Fiduciary Litigator
Court Reversed Order Holding That A Will Had Been Revoked Where There Was No Present Intent To Do So
In In re Estate of Wright, decedent’s son appealed an order finding that his mother died intestate. No. 13-23-00043-CV, 2024 Tex. App. LEXIS 8078 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi November 21, 2024,…
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Help! A Nice Man at Church Asked Us for a Favor. We Have No Idea What We’re About to Get Into.
In a new feature called Prudie Phones a Friend, advice columnist Jenée Desmond-Harris responds to a letter from a young queer couple who have been asked by an older gay…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
"Will as Thing"
Adam Hirsch (Napoleon Jones Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law) recently posted his innovative article, Will as Thing, on SSRN. Below is the abstract of his…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
“Will as Thing”
Adam Hirsch (Napoleon Jones Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law) recently posted his innovative article, Will as Thing, on SSRN. Below is the abstract of his…
Legal Theory Blog
Hirsch on Wills as Physical Documents
Adam J. Hirsch (University of San Diego School of Law) has posted Will as Thing (UC Davis Law Review, volume 59, issue 4 (forthcoming 2026)) on SSRN. Here is the…