582 Wills & Administration (Gordon & Thompson)

LAW582 

Wills & Administration

(Gordon & Thompson)

Prerequisite courses: 

Prerequisite for: 

Instructor(s): Maya Gordon & Kayla Thompson

Course credit: 3

Method of presentation: Lecture

METHOD OF EVALUATION

Open Book Final Exam worth 100%

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course will include topics such as: who can make a will; nature of testamentary dispositions; obtaining instructions; assets inside estates; assets outside estates; formal wills; holograph wills; Enduring Powers of Attorney; Personal Directives; testamentary capacity; formalities of execution; revocation and revival of wills; adult independent relationships; divorce and separation; construction of wills; fraud, undue influence and suspicious circumstances; alteration of wills during lifetime (ademption, abatement, lapse); advances; alteration of wills by operation of law; FMS claims; administration under a will and executor duties; intestate succession; Grants of Probate; Grants of Administration; other grants; priority to apply; advice and direction and other applications under the Surrogate Rules.

SPECIAL COMMENTS

Description updated 2024-25. Please contact the instructor for any specific questions you may have related to this particular course section.

REQUIRED TEXTS (IF ANY): 

Cases and statutory materials, as assigned.