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258 sec. 001 - Estates and Trusts (Spring 2025)
Instructor: Sara Dorosti
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Units: 3
Grading Designation: Graded
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meeting:
M 6:25 PM - 9:05 PM
Location: Law 100
From January 13, 2025
To April 29, 2025
Course End: April 29, 2025
Class Number: 32863
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 78
Waitlisted: 20
Enroll Limit: 78
As of: 11/28 12:25 AM
The course is an introduction to Trust and Estates. It will cover the laws governing Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts, Wills, Medical Directives, and Powers of Attorney. The course will specifically focus on Trusts as a mechanism of Wealth Management, which includes the basics of understanding gift and estate taxation. Lastly, the discussions will cover inter-generational wealth transfer planning, including business succession planning. The purpose of the course is to learn the basics of trusts, intestate succession, and gifting in a manner that’s applicable to real world every day applications.
Attendance at the first class is mandatory for all currently enrolled and waitlisted students; any currently enrolled or waitlisted students who are not present on the first day of class (without prior permission of the instructor) will be dropped. The instructor will continue to take attendance throughout the add/drop period and anyone who moves off the waitlist into the class must continue to attend or have prior permission of the instructor in order not to be dropped.
Exam Notes: (TH) Take-home examination
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Exam Length: 3 hours
Course Category: Family Law
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Readers:
A reader will be used in this class.
Books:
Required Books are in blue
- Wills, Trusts, and Estates, Tenth Edition
Robert H. Sitkoff, Jesse Dukeminier
Edition: 10th ed., 2017
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
ISBN: 9781454876427
e-Book Available: unknown
Price: $265.00
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