General Course Descriptions for Terms: trusts
734 - Trusts & Estates I
"TNE" is a survey course on the legal and real-world aspects of transmission of property, usually at death. It covers such topics as intestate succession (dying without a will), wills, trusts and will substitutes, limitations on the disposition of assets and the impact of the Marital Property Act, powers of attorney and end-of-life decision making, and basic issues in the taxation of gifts and transfers at death. In addition to legal fundamentals, the course has a strong focus on legal practice–i.e., on how the law plays out on the ground.
771 - Trusts & Estates (1st half of term: ZGG Session)
772 - Use of Trusts in Estate Planning
957 - Intro to Estate Planning
Issues related to estate planning; including function of the lawyer, ethical issues, estates not subject to tax, basic elements of tax-oriented planning, living trusts, health care issues, gift strategies.