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

p>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 thirteen 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 materials in this edition have been updated to reflect changes made through the 2019 regular session of the Texas legislature,...
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p>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 thirteen 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 materials in this edition have been updated to reflect changes made through the 2019 regular session of the Texas legislature, including provisions relating to directed trusts, the designation of administrators, and the intestate disposition of community property. It also includes the recent Texas Supreme Court case of Archer v. Anderson, which clarifies that Texas does not recognize a tort of intentional interference with an inheritance.

A Texas Companion features the following:

• Statutory provisions from the Texas Estates Code, Texas Trust Code, and other relevant statutes, along with excerpts from the Texas Constitution
• Thirty-seven edited Texas cases, selected for their importance in Texas law and pedagogical value
• Citations and cross-references noting recent legislative changes
• Logical sequencing that tracks the chapter order in Sitkoff and Dukeminier, Wills, Trusts, and Estates (10th ed. 2017), but may be adapted to any other casebook