pt. 1. Introduction to gratuitous transfers. Scope and history of gratuitous transfers ; Administration of estates and trusts ; Judicial procedure and evidence ; Professional responsibility
pt. 2. Intestate succession and related doctrines. Estate plan by operation of law ; Taker qualifications ; Bars to inheritance
pt. 3. Testamentary transfers. Execution of wills ; Revocation of will ; Defining the scope of the will ; Will contests and Will substitute suits ; Constructional problems of dispositions
pt. 4. Lifetime transfers. Will substitutes ; Planning for retirement and incapacity
pt. 5. Powers of appointment. Introduction to powers ; Exercise of a power of appointment ; Nonexercise of powers of appointment ; Donee's creditors and spousal elections
pt. 6. Trusts. Trusts: definitions and characteristics ; Trust formalities: creation and termination ; Revocable trusts ; Trust interests and relationships ; Trust modification and termination ; Charitable trusts
pt. 7. Regulation of disposition. Policy limitations on freedom of disposition ; Voluntary regulation of disposition
pt. 8. Future interests and perpetuities. Classification of estates and future interests ; Consequences of classification ; Class gifts ; Rule against perpetuities and related doctrines
pt. 9. The fiduciary obligation. Concept of the fiduciary ; Duties of fiduciaries ; Powers of fiduciaries ; Liability of fiduciaries and others
pt. 10. Taxation. Taxation overview ; The Federal gift tax; Federal estate tax
Appendices.