Legal Research Guides by Course - Estates and Trusts
Course Description
This is an introduction to the law of wills and trusts. The primary focus of the course is intestate and testamentary transfers of property under Pennsylvania law, including intestate succession, the execution and revocation of wills, will contests, and the protection of family members from inadvertent disinheritance. Students will also be introduced to trusts and to powers of appointment. Prerequisite: Property (3 credits)
Faculty Who Teach This Course:
- William Brown, Esq. (adjunct Professor)
- Kenneth E. Gray (Professor of Law)
- Martha W. Jordan (Professor of Law)
Subject Covered Presently in Collection by:
Print Collection
KF390.A4 Works on the Aged – Older People – Retired Persons
KF604-KF608 Future Estates and Interests in Land
KF726-KF745 Trusts and Trustees
KF746-KF750 Estate Planning
KF753-KF780 Succession upon Death
KFP137-KFP139 Pennsylvania Trusts and Trustees
KFP140 Pennsylvania Estate Planning
KFP142-KFP148 Pennsylvania Succession upon Death
Legal Research Databases
- Bloomberg BNA Online - Tax and Accounting Library
- CCH Library - Intelliconnect - Tax News, Federal Tax & Tax Treatises
- RIA Checkpoint
- Westlaw and Lexis
- Bloomberg Law
- Legal Scholarship Network
- Hein Online
- Tax Analysts
- LoisLaw - Treatises - Estate Planning Library
- Wills, Trusts, Estates and Probate (FindLaw) - http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/31probate/index.html
- Trusts: an Overview (FindLaw) - http://estate.findlaw.com/trusts/trusts-an-overview.html
- Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law (hg.org) - http://www.hg.org/estate.html
- Wills and Testament Law (hg.org) - http://www.hg.org/wills.html
- Understanding Estates & Trusts (Lexis) - http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/study/outlines/html/trust/trust01.htm
- ABA Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law - http://www.americanbar.org/groups/real_property_trust_estate.html
- American College of Trust & Estate Counsel - http://www.actec.org/
- Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog - http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/trusts_estates_prof/
- Testate Will - http://testatewill.com/
- Intestacy, Wills, Trusts, Estates, and Probate-Overview - http://thismatter.com/money/wills-estates-trusts/overview-intestacy-wills-trusts-estates-probate.htm
- Pennsylvania Wills (legalzoom) - http://www.legalzoom.com/wills-state-requirements/pennsylvania-will.html
- Pennsylvania Information for Estate Planning, Elder Law, Asset Protection, Family Inheritance Disputes, Wills and More - http://www.paestateplanners.com/library/
- Pennsylvania Pet Trust Law - http://www.animallaw.info/statutes/stuspast20pacsa7738.htm
- "What Happens if you Die Without a Will in Pennsylvania?" (Pennsylvania Law Monitor) - http://palawblog.stark-stark.com/2009/05/articles/trusts-estates/what-happens-if-you-die-without-a-will-in-pennsylvania/
- Pa Elder, Estate & Fiduciary Law Blog - http://paelderestatefiduciary.blogspot.com/
- Pennsylvania Fiduciary Litigation - http://www.pennsylvaniafiduciarylitigation.com/articles/powers-of-attorney/
DCLI Webpage Links
- Primary Legal Research: Case Law, Statutory Law, Administrative Law (contains quick links to our federal and state statutes, our federal and state administrative codes, and federal and state case law)
- Legal Research Guides: Law of the Aged, Tax Law
Patricia Horvath
rev. 11/8/2012
