Introduction to wills, trusts, and estates -- Intestacy : the default distribution scheme -- Testamentary capacity -- Wills execution, revocation, and scope -- Construing wills -- Will substitutes and planning for incapacity -- Limitations on the testamentary power to transfer -- Trusts : overview and creation -- Trusts : life and termination -- Trust administration and the trustee's duties -- Charitable trusts -- Powers of appointment : discretionary flexibility -- Construing trusts : future interests -- The rule against perpetuities -- Estate and gift taxes.
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