Estate and trust planning
By: Jeffrey N. Pennel, Alan Newman.
Contributors: Newman, Alan, 1951-; American Bar Association. Section of Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law.
Publisher: Section of Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law, ABA; American Bar Association
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 594
Subjects: Estate planning -- United States.; Trusts and trustees -- United States.; Wills -- United States.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to property transfers at death; title: Intestacy; title: Will execution formalities and contest; title: Revocation; title: Will contracts; title: Will substitutes; title: Interpretaion : what the decedent intended; title: Construction : lapse and class gifts; title: Construction : ademption, abatement, accessions, and exoneration; title: Restrictions on disinheritance : pretermission, elective shares, and community property; title: Introduction to trusts; title: Trust creation; title: Trust operation; title: Powers of appointment; title: Future interests; title: Planning for incapacity; title: Rule against perpetuities; title: Fiduciary administration; title: Wealth transfer taxation; title: Income taxation of estates, trusts, grantors, and beneficiaries; title: Ethics and malpractice issues.