A Texas Companion To the Course in Wills Trusts & Estates

A TEXAS COMPANION FOR THE COURSE IN WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATES introduces Texas-specific law that every student planning to practice law in this state should know. Developed and refined through six years of classroom use, these materials provide a solid grounding not only for the Texas Bar Examination, but also for estate planning practice in Texas. The statutory provisions included here are current through the most recent regular session of the Texas legislature in 2011, and incorporate important changes in areas such as the following:

Self-proving affidavits

Notice to will beneficiaries

Pretermitted children

Adult incapacitated children

Revocation of trusts following divorce

No-contest clauses

Community property with right of survivorship

A TEXAS COMPANION features the following:

Statutory provisions from the Texas Probate Code, Texas Trust Code, and other relevant statutes, along with excerpts from the Texas Constitution

Thirty-four edited Texas cases, selected for their importance in Texas law and pedagogical value and tested in the classroom

Citations and cross-references noting recent legislative changes

Logical sequencing that tracks the chapter order in Dukeminier, Sitkoff, and Lindgren's Wills, Trusts, and Estates (8th ed. 2009), but may be adapted to any other casebook