Retaining the late Jesse Dukeminier's signature blend of wit, erudition, insight, and playfulness, Wills, Trusts, and Estates, now in its Eighth Edition, continues to offer interesting cases, well written notes, and a logical organization. The Eight Edition's new Companion Website, available with adoptions, includes an electronic version of the Teacher's Manual, PowerPoint slides on selected topics, and author updates. A stellar example of a great casebook, Wills, Trusts, and Estates features: eminently clear presentation of topics comprehensive substantive coverage inspired case selection engaging notes, questions, and problems that connect and highlight legal themes and principles humorous and illustrative cartoons, art, photographs, and other images With many new and revised notes, questions, and problems, the carefully updated Eighth Edition explores: New developments in law reform by the ALI and NCCUSL, such as: the 2008 Amendments to the Uniform Probate Code, including validation of notarized wills, reformation of wills for mistake, and a reworking of the spousal share the Uniform Power of Attorney Act further progress in the Restatement (Third) of Trusts and Restatement (Third) of Property Ongoing developments in the law, in such areas as: inheritance rights for same-sex partners the posthumous right of publicity the power of an agent to alter an incompetent principal's estate plan liberalized rules of trust modification and termination, and of trustee removal standing for donors in suits against the trustees of charitable trusts perpetual trusts and self-settled asset protection trusts Increasingly important topics such as: the movement to cure will execution defects and reform mistakes in wills fiduciary administration and trust investment law will contests, particularly the law of capacity and insane delusion Co-authors Robert Sitkoff and James Lindgren took great care to preserve the voice and spirit of Jesse Dukeminier, while fulfilling the trust and expectation among users for timely and relevant coverage, cases, and note material. LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO HELP YOU IN WILLS TRUSTS&ESTATES? TRY EXAMPLES&EXPLANATIONS: WILLS TRUSTS&ESTATES 4E (9780735562400) AND INTRODUCTION TO PROPERTY 3E (9780735589353) --TWO OF MANY GREAT STUDY GUIDES FROM WOLTERS KLUWER LAW&BUSINESS.

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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. Examples &Explanations: Wills, Trusts, and Estates, Fourth Edition, provides students with the essential background and review materials they need to practice applying legal concepts to fact patterns. Among the features that make this high-quality study guide popular with both students and instructors: 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 a conversational writing style that is clear, accessible, and holds students¿ interest uses the Examples&Explanations 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 casebook correlation charts that make it easy to use the study guide with any of the seven most popular casebooks a "learning by doing" approach that provides students with the opportunity to evaluate how well they can apply what they have just learned 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 samples of will and trust provisions and an extensively annotated model will an overview of general nationwide rules a comprehensive, student-friendly index that allows students to easily find the information they seek tables for quick location of material relevant to the Uniform Probate Code, Uniform Trust Code, and Internal Revenue Code updates available on author's website: www.ProfessorBeyer.com Fine-tuned and updated, the Fourth Edition offers: 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 revised examples that reflect the updated content updated casebook correlation tables reflecting new editions of the major casebooks

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The Sixth Edition of Wills, Trusts, and Estate Administration is an established textbook in the field of paralegal education dating back to the first edition in 1979. The intention of the textbook is to provide a learning tool for the paralegal student introducing them to the basics of property law and its application to the main theme of wills, trusts, and estate administration. A discussion of the laws that govern construction and administration of wills and trusts is presented in detail along with the roles of various participants in the process. A section is devoted to the taxes involved with the administration of estates which include income, fiduciary, gift, inheritance, and estate tax returns. The sections include examples, exhibits, assignments, key terms, review questions, and case problems to aid and challenge the student in understanding the material along with essential probate and tax forms found in the Appendix. The development of an estate plan to dispose of assets and diminish or eliminate estate taxes through the effective use of wills and trusts is presented allowing the student to apply what has been learned throughout the textbook. Ethics is addressed to prepare the paralegal student for the necessity to adhere to a prescribed set of rules and guidelines that will apply to their work. The textbook is a good reference source for both the student and lay person interested in basic and understandable information on the subject of wills, trusts, and estate administration.