Wills, Estates, and Trusts
I have nothing, I owe a great deal; the rest I give to the poor.
— the purported will of Rabelais
Wills and Estates
Intestate Distribution
Limits to Testamentary Freedom
Inheritance
- Appointing a Personal Guardian and Leaving Property for Minor Children: Property Guardianships, Uniform Transfer to Minors Act Custodianships, Child's Trust and Family Pot Trusts, 529 and Coverdell Accounts, and Handling Life Insurance Proceeds for Minors
- Gifts to Children: Advancements, Guardianships, Conservatorships, Custodianships, and Trusts
- Disclaimers
- Lapsed Gifts And Anti-Lapse Statutes
- Class Gifts
- Ademption, Avoidance Of Ademption, And Abatement
- Bars To Inheritance: Homicide, Abuse, Or Abandonment
Wills: Execution and Probate
Gift and Estate Taxes
Trusts