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Estate Planning

Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog

A resource to enhance the teaching of courses that address intestate succession, wills, trusts, estate administration, non-probate assets, planning for disability, and other matters pertaining to estate planning.
By Gerry W. Beyer

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Last Entry: April 01, 2011 at 14:00:00

Anna Nicole Smith -- results of criminal investigation revealed

Posted on March 13, 2009
Yesterday (March 12, 2009), Howard K. Stern (Anna Nicole Smith's partner and attorney) and her two doctors (Sandeep Kapoor and Khristine Eroshevich) were charged with 8 felonies which include a variety of drug related offenses including "prescribing, administering or dispensing...

Estate Planning and Community Property Law Journal -- Call for Articles

Posted on March 13, 2009
On the heels of a well-received collection of professional articles for its inaugural volume, the editors of the Estate Planning and Community Property Law Journal at the Texas Tech University School of Law are currently seeking law review style articles...

Happy Friday the 13th!

Posted on March 13, 2009
Hope your day is most lucky!!

The passing of Prof. Pamela Champine

Posted on March 12, 2009
It is with a heavy heart that I report the passing of Pamela Champine, Professor of Law, New York Law School. The following is from the New York Law School's press release:Pamela R. Champine, Professor of Law, died on March...

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"Where have all the billionaires gone, long time passing"

Posted on March 12, 2009
According to Duncan Greenberg and Tatiana Serafin, Up in Smoke, Forbes Magazine, March 30, 2009: Like the rest of us, the richest people on the planet have endured a financial disaster. This year there are 793 people on our list...

Madoff pleads guilty & is hauled to jail

Posted on March 12, 2009
Earlier today (March 12, 2009), Bernard L. Madoff plead guilty to all of the charges against him. Although he expressed remorse for conducting a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of billions of dollars, Judge Denny Chin of the United...

Anna Nicole Smith's estate -- the story continues

Posted on March 12, 2009
The saga of Anna Nicole Smith and her claims (now her estate's claims) against the estate of her husband (J. Howard Marshall) continues. Here are some details from High court ruling sought in Anna Nicole Smith case, Dailynews.com, March 11,...

Assisted suiciders arrested -- Update

Posted on March 11, 2009
Earlier on this blog, I reported that four members of the Final Exit Network were arrested on February 25, 2009 for their role in the assisted suicide of John Celmer in Georgia. The following additional information is from Robbie Brown,...

Is this a good time to make gifts?

Posted on March 11, 2009
Lance S. Hall (cofounder and president of FMV Opinions) has written an article entitled Gift Now! Take Advantage of the Volatility!, Wealth Strategy J., Feb. 17, 2009. Here is a summary of the article:Because of the extreme volatility in the...

College savings plans analyzed

Posted on March 11, 2009
Wendy Gerzog (Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law) has recently posted on SSRN her article entitled College Savings Plans: Not Just for Education. Here is the abstract of her article:Although section 529, under which tax preferred college...

International Trusts CLE

Posted on March 11, 2009
Financial Events International is sponsoring a program entitled Trusts in a Time of Turmoil on June 19, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Here is a description of this program:The world's markets are experiencing an unprecedented period of turmoil. A major depression...

Ghengis Kahn dies

Posted on March 10, 2009
On March 6, 2009, a propane explosion ripped through Pazzazz Pet Boarding kennel in the Pocono Mountains killing seventeen dogs, including "Ghengis Khan," Martha Stewart's chow. See AP, Martha Stewart's puppy dies in Pa. kennel blast, Yahoo!News, March 9, 2009...

Should survivors take on personal liability for a decedent's debts? -- Update

Posted on March 10, 2009
Financially, death is like the final bankruptcy. The decedent's creditors submit their claims and the personal representative pays them to the extent possible with the decedent's assets. But, if the estate is insolvent, creditors go unpaid. Earlier on this blog,...

The secret will of Badri Patarkatsishvili

Posted on March 10, 2009
Badri Patarkatsishvili, a Russian billionaire, died on February 12, 2008. Here are some of the interesting events that have unfolded since that time: Badri's family claimed that he did not leave a will. Several days after his death, Emanuel Zeltser,....

Estate planning on a budget

Posted on March 10, 2009
GD II (Great Depression II) is causing even individuals of moderate income to have a difficult time obtaining legal services. This situation has given the opportunity for "store front" law offices to gain in popularity such as the LegalGrind in...

Testamentary Obsolescence -- To what extent should the government intervene?

Posted on March 09, 2009
Adam Hirsch (William and Catherine VanDercreek Professor of Law, Florida State University College of Law) has recently published his article entitled Text and Time: A Theory of Testamentary Obsolescence, 86 Wash. Univ. L. Rev. 609 (2009). Here is the abstract...

ABA Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Journal Law Student Writing Competition

Posted on March 09, 2009
The following announcement is from the ABA's Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law:The Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section's 2009 Student Writing Contest is open to all law and LL.M students currently attending an ABA-accredited law school...

"The Undertaker's Tale"

Posted on March 09, 2009
Later this week, a previously unpublished story by Mark Twain entitled The Undertaker's Tale will be released. According to Andrew Gulli, the editor of The Strand Magazine in which the article will appear, "Twain uses his razor sharp wit to...

California Supreme Court hears same-sex marriage case

Posted on March 09, 2009
In the case of In re Marriage Cases decided May 15, 2008, the California Supreme Court held in a 4-3 opinion that two state laws that had limited marriages to opposite-sex partners are unconstitutional and held that single-sex couples have...

Article Submission Season & ExpressO

Posted on March 07, 2009
The following is from an e-mail I recently received:Dear Colleague, The spring law review submission season is well underway. If you are submitting your manuscript, consider using ExpressO, the on-line manuscript delivery service found at: http://law...

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