Wills, Trusts, and Estate Administration, 2/E
Suzan D. Herskowitz, Attorney at Law

ISBN-10: 0131720260
ISBN-13: 9780131720268

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper; 480 pp
Published: 06/20/2006

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Using practical, self-contained chapters, this text provides an overview of wills, trusts, and estates and can easily support a variety of programs and audiences.  Designed with flexibility in mind, it captures the complexities of the field, while maintaining a clear tone that is accessible and concise. Throughout the text, core concepts are reinforced by illustrations, charts, tables, and appellate court cases. This edition features updated case materials and statutes, new sample estate forms, additional end-of-chapter questions, new projects and an added chapter on alternate family lifestyles.

 

Using practical, self-contained chapters, this text provides an overview of wills, trusts, and estates and can easily support a variety of programs and audiences.  Designed with flexibility in mind, it captures the complexities of the field, while maintaining a clear tone that is accessible and concise. Throughout the text, core concepts are reinforced by illustrations, charts, tables, and appellate court cases. This edition features updated case materials and statutes, new sample estate forms, additional end-of-chapter questions, new projects and an added chapter on alternate family lifestyles.

 

 

Flexible approach—makes the text suitable for a variety of courses, programs and audiences.

  • Presents material in self-contained chapters so instructors can easily choose the material most appropriate for their own wills, trusts and estates course.
  • Uses language and tone that is accessible to the novice, yet still engaging for the more critical reader.
  • Offers a desired balance between practical issues and academic matters. 

Complete and unabridged appellate court cases—integrated throughout.

  • Gives students practice, reading, analyzing and briefing real cases.
  • Illustrate many chapter concepts and give instructors an opportunity to explain the complexities and richness of the legal system. 

Legal terminology—defined throughout the text.

  • Eases students into a new vocabulary in a format that encourages retention.

New! Chapter 13, Alternate Family Lifestyles–appears in this edition.

  • Addresses contemporary family issues such as adoption, blended families, non-married couples, and grandparents raising children. 

New! Estate forms–appear throughout the text.

  • Reflect the changes to the law and to practical practice issues.  

New! Questions and Projects–appear at the end of each chapter.

  • Give instructors more material to assign and help students comprehend and retain key chapter concepts. 

Updated! Case materials and statutes–appear throughout the text.

  • Give readers the most up-to-date legislation and decisions that are impacting current legal practices.

1.      Purpose and Need for a Will

2.      Property

3.      Testate or Intestate

4.      The Will

5.      Will Preparation and Drafting

6.      Advance Directives

7.      Trusts: Elements and Purpose

8.      Specialized Trusts

9.      The Personal Representative

10.  Estate Administration

11.  Tax Considerations in Estate Administration

12.  The Probate Court and Uniform Laws

13.  Alternate Family Lifestyles

APPENDIX I   : Important Cases Concerning the Right to Die

APPENDIX II: Selected Wills of Famous People

APPENDIX III: Internal Revenue Forms

    For two- or four-year undergraduate degree programs offering courses in Wills, Trusts, and Estates; also for courses in Estate Taxation offered by business, accounting, and finance departments.

    Specifically designed for paralegal students with differing objectives and varying levels of sophistication in the discipline—and recognizing that legal assisting programs vary widely in methodology. This interesting and highly understandable text helps readers learn the law as it concerns wills, trusts, and estates, and gives them a practical background that will assist them in the real world. Employing many forms and models throughout to help clarify concepts (with clear explanations of their use), it is keenly receptive to the needs of students as it presents a reading level simple enough for beginning students, but challenging enough for advanced students. It provides instructors self-contained chapters that are easily adaptable to suit many types of programs.

  • 013679176XWills, Trusts, and Estates
    Herskowitz
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    ISBN-10: 013679176X | ISBN-13: 9780136791768
    Brief Description

Suzan D. Herskowitz  was raised in The Bronx, New York.  She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington and Texas Tech University School of Law. Ms. Herskowitz is in private practice focusing on estate planning, elder law, probate, business and tax planning, real estate and land entitlement.

 

In addition to Wills, Trusts and Estates, she has written books for the public on wills, child support and legal research.

Ms. Herskowitz has been featured on radio and television. She has also been profiled in The Palm Beach Post and The Stuart (Florida) News. She was also featured in articles in Investor's Business Daily and The Miami Herald.

 

Ms. Herskowitz is licensed to practice law in Texas, Florida, West Virginia and Virginia.

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