Guides: Estate Planning Treatises: Introduction

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Introduction to Estate Planning in a Nutshell, 6th by Grayson M. P. McCouch
Call Number: KF750 .L9
This nutshell provides an introduction to the areas of wills, trusts, future interests, insurance, pensions, federal estate and gift taxation and fiduciary administration.
Understanding Trusts and Estates by Roger W. Anderson; Roger W. Andersen
Call Number: KF729 .F86
This study guide offers a concise yet comprehensive overview of the law governing wills, trusts, and future interests. It engages students with clear writing, realistic examples, and helpful graphic representations of present and future interests.
Wills and Trusts in a Nutshell by Robert L. Mennell; Sherri L. Burr
Call Number: KF755.Z9 M38
Written as a study aid for students enrolled in Wills and Trusts, this nutshell focuses on such topics as anti-lapse statutes, disclaimers and pretermitted heirs.

Federal Estate & Gift Taxation by Richard B. Stephens, Guy B. Maxfield, Stephen A. Lind, Dennis A. Calfee
Treatise providing in-depth analysis of Subtitle B (Chapters 11, 12, 13, and 14) of the Internal Revenue Code dealing with the federal estate tax, gift tax, and generation-skipping transfer tax.
Page on the law of Wills : including Probate, Will Contests, Evidence, Taxation, Conflicts, Estate Planning, Forms, and Statutes Relating to Wills
Treatise providing thorough analysis of the law of wills and probate, including will drafting and forms. Takes a fifty-state approach.
The Law of Trusts and Trustees : a Treatise covering the Law Relating to Trusts and Allied Subjects affecting Trust Creation and Administration : with Forms by Amy Morris Hess and George Gleason Bogert and George Taylor Bogert
Exhaustive treatise covering trusts statutes, rules, regulations, and court decisions.
Manning on Estate Planning by Jerome A. Manning
This treatise offers extensive guidance to estate planning, including the martial deduction and nonmarital share, providing for children, gifts and generation-skipping transfers, grantor-retained interest trusts, life insurance, retirement benefits, estate and gift tax issues affecting business interests, family and partner interests in a business, joint interests, choosing executors and trustees, and the payment of estate taxes. Updated online.