Horner Probate Practice and Estates

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This in-depth reference takes you through the steps, issues, and legal requirements of probate and estate proceedings. It includes relevant federal and state case and statutory law; court rules; and analysis of decisions, legislation, and supreme court rules. Each chapter begins with a list of research references. Topics covered include durable power of attorney, guardianship, will contests, and executors and administrators. Every volume in the set has been recently revised and is updated by an annual pocket part.

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Includes checklists and forms that help you prepare documents
Tried and tested strategies give you a competitive edge
Use the tax notes to your clients' advantage
Research aids: tables of citations, regulations, and cases; lists of index topics; and indexes to text and forms
Other topics include proof of heirship, partnership estates, surviving spouse's and child's awards, and inventory and appraisement

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Volume 1
Chapter
1. Introduction
2. Preliminary Probate Considerations
3. Jurisdiction
4. Administrators to Collect
5. Probate of Wills
6. Rights, Powers, Duties, and Liabilities of Personal Representatives
7. Eligibility, Appointment and Qualification of Executors
8. Eligibility, Appointment and Qualification of Administrators
9. Joint Executors and Administrators
10. Public Administrators
11. Proof of Heirship
12. Bonds of Executors and Administrators
13. Assets
14. Inventory and Appraisal
15. Surviving Spouse and Child's Award
16. Will Contests
17. A. Alternative Causes of Action
18. Termination of Authority of Representative
19. Successor Representatives
Volume 1A
1. Contracts of Decedent
2. Administration of Real Estate
3. Administration of Personal Estate
4. Partnership Estates
5. Claims Against Estates
6. Citation to Recover Property and Discover Information
7. Distribution
8. Accounting
Volume 2
1. Nonresident Representatives
2. Actions By or Against Representatives
3. Appeals
4. Independent Administration
5. Summary Administration
6. Settlement of Small Estates
7. Introduction to Guardianship
8. Eligibility, Appointment, and Qualification of Guardians of Minors
9. Eligibility, Appointment, and Qualification of Guardians of Disabled Persons
10. Public Guardians
11. Bonds of Representatives
12. Rights, Powers, Duties, and Liabilities
13. Nonresident Representatives
14. Inventory and Appraisal
15. Contracts of Disabled Persons
16. Actions By or Against Minors and Disabled Persons
17. Actions By or Against Representatives
18. Claims Against Ward's Estate
19. Citation to Recover Property and Discover Information
20. Orders of Protection
Volume 2A
1. Administration of Personal Estate
2. Investments
3. Administration of Real Estate
4. Accounting and Settlement
5. Termination of Authority
6. Appeals
7. Durable Powers of Attorney
8. Living Wills
9. A. Disposition of Remains Act
10. Health Care Surrogate Act
11. Proceedings Under Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code
12. Transfers to Minors
13. Adoption
Volume 3
1. Wills—In General
2. Form and Execution of Wills
Volume 3A
1. Construction of Wills in General
2. Extrinsic Evidence in Construction of Wills
3. Rights in and Descent and Distribution of Interstate Property
4. Advancements and Expectancies
5. Legacies
6. Annuities
7. Charitable Gifts
8. Trusts
9. Powers Coupled with Trusts
Volume 4
1. Disclaimer of Succession to Property
2. Election and Renunciation
3. Equitable Conversion and Reconversion
4. Estates in General
5. Life Estates
6. Estates Tail
7. Remainders, Reversions, and Executory Interests
8. Rule in Shelley's Case
9. Perpetuities and Accumulations
10. Federal Estate Tax
11. Estate Income Tax
12. Postmortem Tax Planning and Decisions
13. State Inheritance, Estate, and Generation-Skipping Transfer Taxes

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