Wills, Trusts, and Probate Law for Paralegals
Pamela S. Gibson

ISBN-10: 0132369826
ISBN-13: 9780132369824

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2009
Format: Paper; 264 pp
Published: 02/29/2008

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For courses in Wills, Trusts and Probate.

 

With a focus on practice and portfolio development, this textbook provides a detailed approach to the substantive law of estate planning and administration.  It includes examples of a variety of documents and step-by-step instruction on their preparation.  Each chapter includes practitioner-oriented assignments (role-playing activities, research assignments, portfolio assignments etc.) and coverage of estate planning and estate administration is balanced throughout. A separate chapter is devoted to tax law and offers a closer look at this more complicated area of the law.

For courses in Wills, Trusts and Probate.

 

With a focus on practice and portfolio development, this textbook provides a detailed approach to the substantive law of estate planning and administration.  It includes examples of a variety of documents and step-by-step instruction on their preparation.  Each chapter includes practitioner-oriented assignments (role-playing activities, research assignments, portfolio assignments etc.) and coverage of estate planning and estate administration is balanced throughout. A separate chapter is devoted to tax law and offers a closer look at this more complicated area of the law.

 

Hallmark Features

 

Balances coverage of estate planning and estate administration–see Ch. 1-5 for estate planning and see Ch. 6-10 for estate administration.

  • Offers a strong theme of the concept of wealth, preservation and control.
  • Provides a detailed approach to the substantive law of estate planning and administration. 

Breaks procedures down into easy to follow steps–see Ch. 7-10.

  • Discusses the how to’s of: the issuance of the letters of appointment; inventory and appraisal; creditors’ claims; tax documents; final account; closing the estate; and additional estate administration procedures. 

Devotes an entire chapter to tax law–see Ch. 9.

  • Offers clear explanation of a complicated area of the law. 

Includes samples of a variety of legal documents–throughout the text.

  • Provides organized and comprehensive illustration to students so they know what documents should look like and how to produce them.
  • Offers examples of case law, statutory law and documents from many different states. 

Emphasizes portfolio development–and practice throughout the book.

  • Provides students with hands-on experience preparing estate documents.
  • Establishes documents and samples that can be used later in the interview and employment process. 

Offers practitioner-oriented assignments at the end each chapter such as:

  • Review Questions
  • Role-Playing Activities
  • Research Assignments
  • Build Your Portfolio Assignments

1.      Wealth, Property, and Estates

2.      Intestate Succession

3.      Basic Estate Planning

4.      Drafting a Basic Will

5.      Trusts

6.      Overview of Estate Administration and the Personal Representative

7.      Step One–Issuance of the Letters of Appointment

8.      Step Two–Inventory and Appraisal; Step Three–Creditors’ Claims

9.      Step Four–Tax Documents

10.  Step Five–Final Account; Step Six–Closing the Estate; Additional Estate Administration Procedures

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