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With All My Worldly Goods I Thee Endow: The Law And Statistics Of Dower And Curtesy In Arkansas, J. Cliff Mckinney Apr 2016

With All My Worldly Goods I Thee Endow: The Law And Statistics Of Dower And Curtesy In Arkansas, J. Cliff Mckinney

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


Arkansas’S Trust Code And Trust Planning: A Ten-Year Perspective, Lynn Foster Apr 2016

Arkansas’S Trust Code And Trust Planning: A Ten-Year Perspective, Lynn Foster

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

In 2001, the Uniform Law Commission adopted the Uniform Trust Code, which regulates certain aspects of trusts. One impetus for the trust code was the ever-increasing popularity of revocable trusts as part of standard estate planning packages. Another was the fact that few states—including Arkansas—had well-developed common law trust rules, let alone any statutory trust codes. In 2005, the Arkansas legislature enacted a slightly modified version of the Uniform Trust Code (UTC), titled the Arkansas Trust Code (ATC). At that time, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review published my article summarizing the most important features of the …


Property Law—Upending The Familiar Tools Of Estate Planning: Equity Renders Revocable Trusts Subject To The Arkansas Spousal Election. In Re Estate Of Thompson, 2014 Ark. 237, 434 S.W.3d 877., Lucy L. Holifield Oct 2015

Property Law—Upending The Familiar Tools Of Estate Planning: Equity Renders Revocable Trusts Subject To The Arkansas Spousal Election. In Re Estate Of Thompson, 2014 Ark. 237, 434 S.W.3d 877., Lucy L. Holifield

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.