Wills and Trusts

Class Information Spring 2021

  • 3 units
  • Class No.: 26248
  • Meets: Monday & Wednesday
  • Time: 10:45 am - 12:00 pm
  • Location: online
  • Exam: May 4 - 18, 2021
  • Course Description
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Patricia A. Cain

Professor of Law

Wills and Trusts

Course Description:

Fundamentals of nontax estate planning. Intestate succession and the basics of wills including mental capacity and undue influence; execution formalities; holographic wills; revocation; lapse; ademption and satisfaction; and rights of spouses and children. Also surveys other methods of estate planning, with an emphasis on trusts. Topics include trust formation, modification, and termination; revocable living trusts; spendthrift, support, and discretionary trusts; charitable trusts; powers of appointment; and powers and duties of trustees. Bar course.

Class Notes:

Bar course. UP point eligible course. Subject to grade curve. Reading assignment for first class posted online.