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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

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