Wills, Trusts, and Estates (Aspen Casebook)

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New to the Tenth Edition:

• All new section on electronic or digital wills and the emerging case law that has begun to accept them
• All new section on trust decanting, now recognized in 25 states, with attention to the breadth of statutory and case law treatments of decanting
• Reworked coverage of same-sex marriage in light of Obergefell v. Hodges and refreshed treatment of inheritance rights for cohabiting unmarried partners
• Updated and expanded coverage of wealth and income inequality
• Refreshed treatment, with updated case law, on undue influence
• Attention to new case law and statutory developments in will execution and reformation of wills for mistake
• Revised and clarified coverage of revocable trusts and other nonprobate transfers and the difficult relationship of state wealth transfer law with federal pension law
• Updated treatment of trust fiduciary law, including new case law and statutory developments on directed trusts, waiver of fiduciary duties, and trust investment law
• Revised treatment of creditor rights to beneficial interests in trust, with attention to choice-of-law rules and growing statutory recognition of self-settled asset protection trusts

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