Wills, Trusts, and Estates for Legal Assistants

A complete introduction to Wills, Trusts, and Estates. Now students can learn by doing, before they begin their field work, with examples, applications, and exercises. Wills, Trusts, and Estates for Legal Assistants guides students with real-world examples that read easily, and cement the knowledge. The authors have created a one-of-a-kind real-world text, including: hundreds of examples from actual cases with detailed explanations of the consequences thorough instruction in intestate succession; wills; estate administration; nonprobate transfers; trusts; and other estate planning concerns, including tax issues and malpractice extensive pedagogy with marginal terms, ethical points, checklists, practice tips, sample forms, and a glossary of termsthe combined expertise of a renowned law professor and a top paralegal instructor, for a balance of theory and practicean easy-to-use Instructor's Manual with a summary of chapters, model course outline, exam questions, assignment ideas, exercises, comprehensive examples and explanations and a research guide for wills, trusts, and estates New to the Second Edition: 2006 changes in the annual gift tax exclusioncoverage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)an updated discussion of Rule Against Perpetuities reform and increasing acceptance of self-settled spendthrift trustsexpanded coverage of the Uniform Prudent Investor Actenhanced treatment of the 1997 version of the Uniform Principal and Income Acta discussion of the right of sepulturean updated discussion of same-sex relationships Please visit the new companion website to learn more about this book. Website: http://www.aspenlawschool.com/beyerhanft2Beyer, Gerry W. is the author of 'Wills, Trusts, and Estates for Legal Assistants', published 2006 under ISBN 9780735558403 and ISBN 073555840X.