Administration of Wills, Trusts, and Estates

Gordon Brown was a Professor of Paralegal Studies at North Shore Community College in Danvers, Massachusetts and is now retired. Scott Myers has a J.D. from Rutgers Law School and an M.A. from Rutgers Graduate School. He has been the Director of Paralegal Studies at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. for the past 22 years, administering the program while teaching a variety of courses, including Wills, Trusts, and Estates, Introduction to Law, Legal Research and Writing, and Business Law. The program earned American Bar Association approval in 1988, and has maintained this approval since that date. Scott Myers is also a sole practitioner of law, with his current practice limited to wills and estate planning.

1. Where There's a Will.
2. Estate Planning.
3. A Bundle of Rights.
4. Intestate Succession.
5. The Last Will and Testament.
6. Structure of a Model Will.
7. Family Protection, Lapses, and Ademption.
8. Trusts.
9. Specialized Trusts.
10. Probate Courts and Uniform Laws.
11. The Personal Representative.
12. Probating a Will and Administering an Estate.
13. Estate Taxes.
14. Final Choices.
Appendices.