num_pages: 1005
description: This text facilitates student understanding of the California Probate Code. Included throughout are California Law Revision Commission comments and explanatory notes. Topics covered include freedom of testation; property rights; the nature of probate; intestate succession; intent; mistake; components of the will; formalities; codicils; revocation by act or instrument, by operation of law, or by revocation by change in property holdings; contracts; unworthy heirs; identifying the beneficiary; exoneration, abatement, and no contest clauses; private express trusts, charitable trusts, resulting trusts, or constructive trusts; restraints on alienation; fiduciary duties; fiduciary powers and liability to third persons; income and principal; and modification and termination of trusts.
language: English
title: California Wills and Trusts, Fundamental Principles, Ethical Considerations, and Moral Concerns
titlecomplete: California Wills and Trusts, Fundamental Principles, Ethical Considerations, and Moral Concerns (American Casebook Series)
publisher: West Academic Publishing