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A Good Death: End-Of-Life Lawyering Through A Relational Autonomy Lens, Genevieve Mann
A Good Death: End-Of-Life Lawyering Through A Relational Autonomy Lens, Genevieve Mann
Washington Law Review
Death is difficult—even for lawyers who counsel clients on end-of-life planning. The predominant approach to counseling clients about death relies too heavily on traditional notions of personal autonomy and a nearly impenetrable right to be free from interference by others. Rooted in these notions, contracts called “advance directives” emerged as the primary tool for choosing one’s final destiny. Nevertheless, advance directives are underutilized and ineffective because many people are mired in death anxiety, indecision, and the weight of planning for a hypothetical illness. In the end, many do not get the death they choose: to trust in others and share …
Sb 301 - Wills, Trusts, And Administration Of Estates, Morgan S. Ownbey, Paul M. Napolitano
Sb 301 - Wills, Trusts, And Administration Of Estates, Morgan S. Ownbey, Paul M. Napolitano
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act creates the “Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act,” extends fiduciaries’ powers to include managing tangible property and digital assets, and provides conforming cross-references for a conservator.
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 …
Arbitration In Wills And Trusts: From George Washington To An Uncertain Present, Edward F. Sherman
Arbitration In Wills And Trusts: From George Washington To An Uncertain Present, Edward F. Sherman
Arbitration Law Review
No abstract provided.
With All My Worldly Goods I Thee Endow: The Law And Statistics Of Dower And Curtesy In Arkansas, J. Cliff Mckinney
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
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
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review
No abstract provided.
Planned Parenthood: Adult Adoption And The Right Of Adoptees To Inherit, Richard C. Ausness
Planned Parenthood: Adult Adoption And The Right Of Adoptees To Inherit, Richard C. Ausness
ACTEC Law Journal
This Article is concerned with the effect of adult adoptions on the inheritance rights (in the broad sense of that term) of adult adoptees. The Article contends many adult adoption statutes assume the existence of a parent-child relationship in which the adopter is the "parent" and the adoptee is a "child" even though this is not true of all adult adoption cases. In addition, legislatures and courts frequently fail to differentiate between "quasi-familial" adoptions and "strategic" adoptions, particularly where inheritance rights are concerned.
Asset Preservation And The Evolving Role Of Trusts In The Twenty-First Century, Jay A. Soled, Mitchell M. Gans
Asset Preservation And The Evolving Role Of Trusts In The Twenty-First Century, Jay A. Soled, Mitchell M. Gans
Washington and Lee Law Review
For the vast majority of the twentieth century, trusts served two pivotal roles. The first was as a vehicle to help mitigate federal and state estate tax burdens, the rates of which could be quite significant. The second was to assist in asset preservation, safeguarding trust beneficiaries from their profligacy, former spouses, creditors, and the like.
At the start of the twenty-first century, Congress passed legislation that curtailed the impact of the federal estate tax, and many state legislatures have followed suit, either eliminating or significantly reducing their estate taxes. As a result of these legislative changes, trust instrument reliance …
New York’S Decanting Statute: Helping An Old Vintage Come To Life Or Spoiling The Settlor’S Fine Wine?, David Restrepo
New York’S Decanting Statute: Helping An Old Vintage Come To Life Or Spoiling The Settlor’S Fine Wine?, David Restrepo
Pace Law Review
The Comment examines trust decanting in four parts. Part I reviews the historical evolution of decanting statutes, first from common law roots, and later focusing on the legislative history of New York’s decanting statute. Part II briefly explains the functionality of section 10-6.6 of the NY EPTL; the “how does it work” explanation of the statute that authorizes decanting. Part III will discuss the many practical uses of the decanting statute. Finally, Part IV will transition into a discussion on how the trustee’s use of this statute not only leaves him in limbo regarding the tax treatment of his actions, …
Protecting Freedom Of Testation: A Proposal For Law Reform, Eike G. Hosemann
Protecting Freedom Of Testation: A Proposal For Law Reform, Eike G. Hosemann
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
This Article addresses a problem ever more pressing in wealthy and aging societies like the United States: interference with freedom of testation by the use of wrongful means such as undue influence or will forgery to acquire benefits through inheritance. A detailed analysis of the remedies against interference with freedom of testation under inheritance law, tort law, and equity reveals that there is currently a significant under-deterrence of this undesirable behavior. Hence, this Article proposes a new remedy in order to protect freedom of testation more effectively: a disinheritance statute barring wrongdoers that have infringed upon someone’s freedom of testation …
Incomplete Wills, Adam J. Hirsch
Incomplete Wills, Adam J. Hirsch
Michigan Law Review
This Article explores the problems that arise when a will fails to dispose of an individual's entire estate, so that she dies partially testate and partially intestate. The questions then raised include (1) whether provisions contained in the will purporting to redefine the individual's intestate heirs should supersede the statutory designations of those heirs, (2) whether inter vivos gifts to heirs should qualify as advancements on the inheritances of those heirs under conditions of partial intestacy, and, most broadly, (3) whether courts should fill in the incomplete portion of an individual's estate plan by extrapolating from the distributive preferences set …
Non-Judicial Estate Settlement, John H. Martin
Non-Judicial Estate Settlement, John H. Martin
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Estate settlement through probate procedures satisfies no one. The public is hostile to the delay, expense, and lack of privacy that accompanies probate. Attorneys respond to public dissatisfaction by counseling probate avoidance. Legislatures facilitate some settlements by enacting simplified procedures for low-value estates. In large measure, the Uniform Probate Code (UPC) was a response to criticisms leveled at probate. Alternative settlement procedures are offered by the UPC, including informal testacy determinations and informal appointment procedures. These alternatives, however, remain imbedded in a judicial system, with it procedural rigidities. The UPC informal settlement alternatives did not silence the criticism. The continued …
Shattering And Moving Beyond The Gutenberg Paradigm: The Dawn Of The Electronic Will, Joseph Karl Grant
Shattering And Moving Beyond The Gutenberg Paradigm: The Dawn Of The Electronic Will, Joseph Karl Grant
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Legislators in Nevada have already acted to modernize the law of wills. This Article advocates that other states follow their lead and depart from what is described as the "Gutenberg Paradigm" by adopting similar legislation and embracing electronic technology. Part One of this Article explores the history of print, Johann Gutenberg's role in this development, and the emergence of the "Gutenberg Paradigm." Part Two examines the history and policy underpinnings of will execution formalities, and the role of the "writing" requirement. Part Three explores the use of electronic wills as conforming and nonconforming testamentary instruments. More specifically, Part Three highlights …
Wills, Trusts, And Estates, J. Rodney Johnson
Wills, Trusts, And Estates, J. Rodney Johnson
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Wills, Trusts, And Estates, J. Rodney Johnson
Wills, Trusts, And Estates, J. Rodney Johnson
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Wills, Trusts, And Estates, J. Rodney Johnson
Wills, Trusts, And Estates, J. Rodney Johnson
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Living Trusts In The Unauthorized Practice Of Law: A Good Thing Gone Bad, Angela M. Vallario
Living Trusts In The Unauthorized Practice Of Law: A Good Thing Gone Bad, Angela M. Vallario
Maryland Law Review
No abstract provided.
Inheritance, Wealth, And Society, Michigan Law Review
Inheritance, Wealth, And Society, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Inheritance, Wealth, and Society by Ronald Chester
Section 6104(D) Of The Pennsylvania Rule Against Perpetuities: The Validity And Effect Of The Retroactive Application Of Property And Probate Law Reform, Leonard Levin
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Arkansas And The Uniform Probate Code: Some Issues And Answers, Richard V. Wellman
Arkansas And The Uniform Probate Code: Some Issues And Answers, Richard V. Wellman
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review
No abstract provided.
Federal Gift And Estate Tax - Interest-Fre Loans - Intrafamily Interest-Free Loans Are Not Taxable Transfers For Purposes Of I.R.C., Lee H. Stein
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
West Virginia And The Uniform Probate Code: An Overview Part Ii, Earl M. Curry Jr.
West Virginia And The Uniform Probate Code: An Overview Part Ii, Earl M. Curry Jr.
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Trusts And The Doctrine Of Estates, Olin L. Browder Jr.
Trusts And The Doctrine Of Estates, Olin L. Browder Jr.
Michigan Law Review
The "doctrine of estates" is the common law system for the classification of divided ownership. Its primary purpose is to differentiate the legal consequences of the variety of concurrent, present, and future estates, but it also serves to differentiate the dispositive language required to create or transfer such estates. The doctrine of estates, therefore, embraces a sizable part of the law of conveyancing, including the large body of doctrine known as rules of construction.
In modern practice the classification and construction of present and future interests usually occurs with respect to beneficial interests in trust. It has not been sufficiently …
The Tax Recommendations Of The Commission On The Bankruptcy Laws--Income Tax Liabilities Of The Estate And The Debtor, William T. Plumb Jr.
The Tax Recommendations Of The Commission On The Bankruptcy Laws--Income Tax Liabilities Of The Estate And The Debtor, William T. Plumb Jr.
Michigan Law Review
The Commission on the Bankruptcy Laws of the United States (Commission), pursuant to congressional mandate, has reported its recommendations for the first comprehensive revision of the bankruptcy laws since the Chandler Act of 1938. This Article deals with the proposals concerning the obligation of the trustee in bankruptcy to file returns of income and to pay federal and state taxes on the income, and concerning the calculation of the taxable incomes of the bankrupt estate and the debtor (including their rights to utilize each other's carryovers), as well as with certain problems in those areas in which the Commission has …
Bankruptcy Proceedings For Insolvent Decedents' Estates, Richard V. Wellman
Bankruptcy Proceedings For Insolvent Decedents' Estates, Richard V. Wellman
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Under present law, bankruptcy proceedings cannot be instituted by or against insolvent decedents' estates. Creditors of insolvent decedents must look to state probate laws for satisfaction. But these laws are more concerned with the control of solvent estates than with the affairs of the impecunious. Also, transfers of wealth at death by nonprobate means are coming to be the rule rather than the exception, and it is frequently very difficult for creditors of decedents to obtain satisfaction of unsecured claims from nonprobate assets. This article advocates the extension of bankruptcy laws to insolvent decedents' estates and explores problems and solutions …
Private Trusts For Indefinite Beneficiaries, George E. Palmer
Private Trusts For Indefinite Beneficiaries, George E. Palmer
Michigan Law Review
Recently, in McPhail v. Doulton (In re Baden's Deed Trusts), the House of Lords reached a decision that marks an important change in the English law of trusts which could be important also for American law. It held that there is a single test of validity for private trusts and for powers of appointment where the issue is whether the beneficiaries of the trust or the objects of the power are sufficiently definite, and that this single test is that applicable to powers of appointment. For nearly 170 years, since the decision in Morice v. Bishop of Durham, …
Adopted Children In Pennsylvania: A Class Without A Clause, Bruce M. Dolfman, James Charles Schwartzman
Adopted Children In Pennsylvania: A Class Without A Clause, Bruce M. Dolfman, James Charles Schwartzman
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Demise Of The Iron Curtain Statute, Denis James Lawler
The Demise Of The Iron Curtain Statute, Denis James Lawler
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Avoiding The Hybrid: Creating An Orthodox General Power Of Appointment In Maryland - Guiney V. United States
Maryland Law Review
No abstract provided.