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First Assignment Summer 2020

Estates and Trusts

LAW 609 Section 501

John T. Plecnik


Assignment details

Welcome to Estates & Trusts! This course is designed to survey the law relating to the disposition of property upon death through probate, non-probate, and intestate transfers.

Estates & Trusts is one of the most common practice areas, and many of you will write wills and trusts throughout your career. It is also frequently tested on the Ohio bar exam, so mastering its fundamentals is a necessity for most of us.

Your syllabus for the course is attached, and your first reading is to prepare Assignments 1-3 for Wednesday, May 27th. In all likelihood, we will not complete all three Assignments on the first day of class, but my goal is to assign the material as far out as we might go, so that you are always prepared.

Chapter 1. Introduction
1. 1-38 The Power to Transmit Property at Death
2. 38-49 Transfer of the Decedent’s Estate
3. 58-70 Professional Responsibility

The required text for the course is Dukeminier, Sitkoff, & Lindgren, WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATES (8th ed. 2009). It is an older edition, and that is by design. The 8th edition is considerably cheaper, but still sufficiently up to date.

See you on Wednesday, May 27th, at 6pm using the Zoom App!