CHAPTER 1: Lawyers, Estates, and Trusts

	Introduction
	§ 1 Serving the Living
	§ 2 An Overview of Intergenerational Wealth Transfer

CHAPTER 2: Intestacy

	Introduction
	§ 3 Overview
	§ 4 Spouses
	§ 5 Other Family Members

CHAPTER 3: Wills

	Introduction
	§ 6 Overview
	§ 7 Creation
	§ 8 Components
	§ 9 Revocation
	§ 10 Contracts Regarding Wills

CHAPTER 4: Private Express Trusts

	Introduction
	§ 11 An Overview
	§ 12 Creation
	§ 13 The Size of a Beneficiary’s Interest
	§ 14 Modification and Termination
	§ 15 Charitable Trusts
	§ 16 Trusts and Pour-Over Wills

CHAPTER 5: Other Nonprobate Devices

	Introduction
	§ 17 Lifetime Gifts
	§ 18 Joint Interests
	§ 19 Life Insurance and Other Contracts
	§ 20 Retirement Funds
	§ 21 Using a Will to Change a Will Substitute

CHAPTER 6: Planning for Incapacity

	Introduction
	§ 22 Property Management
	§ 23 Health Care Decisionmaking

CHAPTER 7: Changing the Share

	Introduction
	§ 24 Advancements and Gifts in Satisfaction
	§ 25 Misconduct
	§ 26 Assignments of Expectancies
	§ 27 Disclaimers

CHAPTER 8: Protecting the Family

	Introduction
	§ 28 Disinherited Spouses
	§ 29 Omitted Family Members
	§ 30 Charitable Gifts
	§ 31 Public Policy Limits

CHAPTER 9: Present and Future Interests

	Introduction
	§ 32 Why Bother?
	§ 33 Present v. Future Interests: Dividing Time
	§ 34 Present Interests
	§ 35 Future Interests
	§ 36 Putting It Together

CHAPTER 10: Powers of Appointment

	Introduction
	§ 37 The Basics
	§ 38 Creating Powers
	§ 39 Exercising Powers
	§ 40 Drafting Powers of Appointment

CHAPTER 11: Problems of Interpretation

	Introduction
	§ 41 Introduction
	§ 42 Independent Significance
	§ 43 Class Gifts
	§ 44 Special Cautions
	§ 45 Changes After Drafting: People
	§ 46 Changes After Drafting: Property

CHAPTER 12: The Rule Against Perpetuities

	Introduction
	§ 48 A Framework for Analysis
	§ 49 Craziness: If Anything Can Go Wrong
	§ 50 Class Gifts
	§ 51 Powers of Appointment
	§ 52 Savings Clauses
	§ 53 Reform

CHAPTER 13: Problems of Administration

	Introduction
	§ 55 Relationships with Beneficiaries
	§ 56 Managerial Issues
	§ 57 Drafting: Powers and Duties
	§ 58 Remedies

CHAPTER 14: A Sketch of Federal Wealth Transfer Taxes

	Introduction
	§ 60 A Unified System
	§ 61 The Gift Tax
	§ 62 The Estate Tax
	§ 63 The Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax

CHAPTER 15: Looking Ahead