Administration of Wills, Trusts, and Estates

Fourth Edition
Author: Gordon Brown; Scott Myers
ISBN #: 1428321764
©2009   Publish Date: 06/16/2008
Binding: PB
Pages: 624
Publisher: Cengage Learning

Price: $272.95

Description:

Administration of Wills, Trusts, and Estates, fourth edition, has proven to be a highly successful reference for users, marrying dense content with a reader friendly style that utilizes extensive examples. The use of celebrity wills and estates as illustrations provides access for readers into complicated legal topics. Legal vocabulary is defined immediately for students. This new edition has more case studies so that users become more familiar with the legal process and have real examples of how legal concepts are applied by courts. The narrative material is national in scope, with charts and graphs that focus on state-by-state information. It balances narrative material and visual presentations to accommodate a variety of reader learning styles. Readers have extensive and varied practice materials at the end of each chapter so that the book material can be re-enforced and expanded. The material in this revision has also been updated to include the current state of the law.

Product Benefits:

• "Day at the office" features provide real-world examples to students
• Graphs, charts and, and forms are extensive and provide a great visual learning experience
• Extensive end of chapter materials reinforce and expand materials in each chapter
• The use of celebrity wills and estates provides an appealing access to students confronted with difficult and complex concepts
• Case studies provide students with the opportunity to see the law in action
• CD-ROM with additional exercises is included with text
• Expanded case studies provide students and faculty with more opportunities to see the material being used by the courts
• Graphs, charts and material have been updated so that students and faculty are current
• Writing style is more accessible to students

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Where There's a Will
Chapter 2: Estate Planning
Chapter 3: A Bundle of Rights
Chapter 4. Intestate Succession
Chapter 5: The Last Will and Testament
Chapter 6: Structure of a Model Will
Chapter 7: Family Protection, Lapses, and Ademption
Chapter 8: Trusts
Chapter 9: Specialized Trusts
Chapter 10: Probate Courts and Uniform Laws
Chapter 11: The Personal Representative
Chapter 12: Probating a Will and Administering an Estate
Chapter 13: Estate Taxes
Chapter 14: Final Choices
Appendices

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