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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

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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

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Should Tennessee Bury The Dead Man Statute As Arkansas Has, W. Dent Gitchel Jan 1988

Should Tennessee Bury The Dead Man Statute As Arkansas Has, W. Dent Gitchel

Faculty Scholarship

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The New Arkansas Inheritance Laws: A Step Into The Present With An Eye To The Future, Robert R. Wright Jan 1969

The New Arkansas Inheritance Laws: A Step Into The Present With An Eye To The Future, Robert R. Wright

Faculty Scholarship

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Medieval Law In The Age Of Space: Some Rules Of Property In Arkansas, Robert R. Wright Jan 1968

Medieval Law In The Age Of Space: Some Rules Of Property In Arkansas, Robert R. Wright

Faculty Scholarship

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Trusts-"Swelling Of Assets" Theory In Tracing Misapplied Funds Jan 1936

Trusts-"Swelling Of Assets" Theory In Tracing Misapplied Funds

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff's husband gave certain bonds to a college, to be held in trust until the death of the donor and his wife, and then to be added to the endowment funds of the college. The college was also to pay an annuity to the donor while he lived, and to his wife for life if she survived him. The cestui was given a right to revoke the trust and take back the bonds if the annuity was not paid. The college, without notice to the cestui, sold the bonds and used the funds to install a heating plant in its …