Will Drafting in Maryland
(2007 Edition)
by Charles S. Abell, Esq.; Danielle M. Cruttenden, Esq.; Michael P. Donnelly, Esq.;
Frederick R. Franke, Jr., Esq.; Cristin C. Lambros, Esq.; Matthew A. Mace, Esq.;
Sheldon S. Satisky, Esq.
Revised and updated for the first time since December 2005, this new 2007 edition covers the following topics and includes an estate planning questionnaire, a sample will, and a sample "contingent trusts for minors" will:
The Intestate's "Will": An Illustration of the Law of Intestacy
- Its Hazards and Administrative Inconvenience
Developing the Plan: obtaining information; ethical overlay;
standard of care; estate planning questionnaire
Non-Dispositive Provisions: non-drafting estate planning
considerations; execution of wills; codicils; capacity to execute will;
safekeeping of wills
The Will's Basic Structure - Administrative and Dispositive
Provisions: definitions; basic structure; preamble; funeral provisions; debts;
tax clauses; specific & residuary bequests - general provisions; charitable
bequests; miscellaneous & administrative powers
Miscellaneous Provisions Concerning Guardians, Personal
Representatives and Trustees: provisions concerning guardians; personal
representatives; trustees
Distributions: Trusts, Miscellaneous: trusts; small trust
provisions; the rule against perpetuities; common disaster provisions; period of
survival necessary to inherit; simultaneous death; combining trusts; spendthrift
or anti-alienation provision; statutory elective share of surviving spouse;
termination of trust
Sample "Contingent Trusts for Minors" Will; Sample Will
This publication was used in conjunction with the
December 14, 2007 "Will
Drafting" seminar.
Audio tapes, CDs and DVDs are available.
Pub Date: 12/2007
Book: $89 ...................... Inv. #1284-07
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