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Wills, Trusts, And Estates, J. William Gray Jr., Katherine E. Ramsey
Wills, Trusts, And Estates, J. William Gray Jr., Katherine E. Ramsey
University of Richmond Law Review
The Supreme Court of Virginia has handed down seven recent
decisions addressing the authority of an agent to change the principal's
estate plan, legal malpractice claims in estate planning,
rights of incapacitated adults, limits of the constructive trust doctrine,
effects of a reversionary clause in a deed, ownership of an
engagement ring, and proof of undue influence. The 2017 Virginia
General Assembly clarified rules on legal malpractice and tenancies
by the entireties, adopted the Uniform Trust Decanting Act
and the Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act, and expanded
provisions governing estate administration, life insurance,
and advance medical directives. Other …
Acting As Agent Under A Financial Durable Power Of Attorney: An Unscripted Role, Carolyn L. Dessin
Acting As Agent Under A Financial Durable Power Of Attorney: An Unscripted Role, Carolyn L. Dessin
Akron Law Faculty Publications
The financial durable power of attorney, also known as a durable power of attorney for property management, is a creature of fairly recent origin. The estate planning bar created it to provide an effective alternative to guardianship or conservatorship proceedings when people become incompetent or incapacitated. Additionally, there was a sentiment that the wealthy had an effective way of dealing with potential disability by creating a funded inter vivos trust, and that such a device was not available to most individuals because of the prohibitive cost. Since its creation, the financial durable power of attorney has become an extremely popular …
Acting As Agent Under A Financial Durable Power Of Attorney: An Unscripted Role, Carolyn L. Dessin
Acting As Agent Under A Financial Durable Power Of Attorney: An Unscripted Role, Carolyn L. Dessin
Carolyn L. Dessin
The financial durable power of attorney, also known as a durable power of attorney for property management, is a creature of fairly recent origin. The estate planning bar created it to provide an effective alternative to guardianship or conservatorship proceedings when people become incompetent or incapacitated. Additionally, there was a sentiment that the wealthy had an effective way of dealing with potential disability by creating a funded inter vivos trust, and that such a device was not available to most individuals because of the prohibitive cost. Since its creation, the financial durable power of attorney has become an extremely popular …