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Contents
FREEDOM OF DISPOSITION | 1 |
A Question of Tax Policy? | 25 |
Can Probate Be Avoided? | 49 |
AN ESTATE PLAN BY DEFAULT | 63 |
FORMALITIES AND FORMS | 141 |
B Revocation of Wills | 217 |
CAPACITY AND CONTESTS | 263 |
B Undue Influence | 281 |
CHARITABLE PURPOSES CY PRES AND SUPERVISION | 759 |
369 | 762 |
POWERS OF APPOINTMENT | 807 |
B Exercise of a Power of Appointment | 820 |
372 | 829 |
Failure to Exercise a Power of Appointment | 842 |
CONSTRUCTION AND FUTURE INTERESTS | 845 |
B Construction of Trust Instruments | 855 |
Duress | 310 |
E Tortious Interference with an Expectancy | 317 |
CONSTRUCTION | 325 |
2 | 373 |
CHARACTERISTICS AND CREATION | 385 |
B Creation of a Trust | 401 |
NONPROBATE TRANSFERS AND PLANNING FOR INCAPACITY | 439 |
B Revocable Trusts | 445 |
The Other Will Substitutes | 471 |
Planning for Incapacity | 498 |
Disposition of the Body | 514 |
PROTECTION OF THE SPOUSE AND CHILDREN | 519 |
B Intentional Omission of a Child | 564 |
Protection Against Unintentional Omission | 571 |
FIDUCIARY ADMINISTRATION | 587 |
B The Duty of Loyalty | 596 |
The Duty of Prudence | 611 |
The Duty of Impartiality | 667 |
E The Duty to Inform and Account | 675 |
ALIENATION AND MODIFICATION | 695 |
B Modification and Termination | 727 |
Trustee Removal | 750 |
b Gifts to Children Issue or Descendants | 874 |
The Rule of Convenience | 881 |
THE RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES AND TRUST DURATION | 887 |
a The Fertile Octogenarian | 897 |
Application of the Rule to Class Gifts and Powers of Appointment | 916 |
Other Durational Limits | 922 |
373 | 927 |
WEALTH TRANSFER TAXATION | 929 |
g Transfers Within Three Years of Death | 961 |
Deductions | 967 |
The GenerationSkipping Transfer Tax | 975 |
E Income Taxation of Grantor Trusts | 981 |
Table of Cases | 983 |
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