Trusts and Estates (Solmssen)
Additional Information
Skills Training
Other Professional Skills:
Grading
100% Exam
Exam
Short Answer,
Essay,
In Class,
Open-Book
No
Class meets in person.
Course Continuity
Students are encouraged to stay home if you are ill or experience flu-like symptoms. If you miss a class for any reason, it is still your responsibility to make up the work missed.
I offer the following to students who miss class due to illness:
- Class sessions are regularly recorded. If you are absent due to illness or some other unavoidable circumstance, email me and I can send you an email with instructions for accessing the recording for the class session(s) you missed.
- I will make PowerPoint slides or other class materials routinely available on the course site to everyone in the class.
Meeting Times/Location
TR 11:00AM - 12:00PM
Gittis Hall 1
Category
Upper-Level
Credits
2.0
This course is a general survey of the law relating to property transmission during lifetime and at death. The course will study transfers within the probate system - wills and intestate succession - and transfers outside of it, with special attention to the creation and administration of trusts and beneficiary designations. The course will also cover the theoretical and practical aspects of incapacity, powers of attorney, living wills and guardianship. While not a tax class, the course will review the structure of federal wealth transfer taxation and a few of the basic tools used to achieve tax and other planning goals. Tax classes are not a prerequisite.
Attendance is mandatory. Participation is expected but not graded. Students will be called on from time to time.
Skills Learning outcomes: Demonstrate an understanding of the individual course skill; Demonstrate the ability to receive and implement feedback; Demonstrate an understanding of how and when the individual course skill is employed in practice.
Family Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of family law; Perform legal analysis in the context of family law; Communicate effectively on topics related to family law; Demonstrate an understanding of how family law affects other areas of law.
Property and Real Estate Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of property and real estate law; Perform legal analysis in the context of property and real estate law; Communicate effectively on topics related to property and real estate law; Demonstrate an understanding of how property and real estate law affect other areas of law.
Textbooks
"Wills, Trusts, and Estates, " by Robert H. Sitkoff, Jesse Dukeminier |