Wills, trusts, and estates : examples and explanations /
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| Author / Creator: | Beyer, Gerry W. |
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| Edition: | 4th ed. |
| Imprint: | New York, NY : Aspen Publishers, c2007. |
| Description: | lxxii, 677 p. : ill., forms 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Examples & explanations series Examples & explanations series |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6252189 |
| Summary: | Among the features that make this high-quality 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 and 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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| Physical Description: | lxxii, 677 p. : ill., forms 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0735562407 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780735562400 |