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Estates, future interests, and powers of appointment in a nutshell
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Title
Estates, future interests, and powers of appointment in a nutshell / by Thomas P. Gallanis, Lawrence W. Waggoner.
ISBN
9781634593663
1634593669
9780314290960
0314290966
Edition
Fifth edition.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxvi, 388 pages) : illustrations.
Notes
Revised edition of: Estates, future interests, and powers of appointment in a nutshell / Thomas P. Gallanis, Lawrence W. Waggoner. Fourth edition. 2010.
Includes index.
Summary
This comprehensive guide provides an overview of the rules and principles of estates and future interests, including concurrent estates, marital estates (including the modern elective share), and powers of appointment. It includes new innovations from theRestatement 3d of Property, modernizing the law of future interests and dramatically changing the Rule Against Perpetuities. The book is also the very first publication to incorporate the new Uniform Powers of Appointment Act (2013). The book also has exercises, with answers at the back. Valuable for students in first-year Property and upper-year courses in Trusts and Estates.
Other formats
Print version: Gallanis, Thomas P. Estates, future interests, and powers of appointment in a nutshell. Fifth edition
Other editions
Gallanis, Thomas P. Estates, future interests, and powers of appointment in a nutshell. Fourth edition.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 03, 2020
Series
Contents
Introduction to estates and future interests
POSSESSORY ESTATES AND FUTURE INTERESTS: Classifying possessory estates (a.k.a. present interests)
Classifying future interests
Two consequences of the classification of future interests
The rule against perpetuities
Three other rules governing future interests
MARITAL ESTATES: Marital estates at common law
Modern protections for the surviving spouse
CONCURRENT ESTATES: Concurrent estates
POWERS OF APPOINTMENT: A primer on powers
Who owns the appointive property?
Exercising a power
Effectiveness of the appointment
Powers and the rule against perpetuities.
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