A Texas Companion for the Course in Wills, Trusts, and Estates

A TEXAS COMPANION FOR THE COURSE IN WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATESintroduces Texas-specific law that every student planning to practice law inthis state should know. Developed and refined through six years of classroomuse, these materials provide a solid grounding not only for the Texas BarExamination, but also for estate planning practice in Texas. The statutoryprovisions included here are current through the most recent regular sessionof the Texas legislature in 2011, and incorporate important changes in areassuch 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 survivorshipA 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 ConstitutionThirty-four edited Texas cases, selected for their importance in Texaslaw and pedagogical value and tested in the classroomCitations and cross-references noting recent legislative changesLogical sequencing that tracks the chapter order in Dukeminier,Sitkoff, and Lindgren's Wills, Trusts, and Estates (8th ed. 2009), but may beadapted to any other casebook