LAW 255 - Probate Procedures

Credits: 3

Description
Law related to estate planning issues. Includes procedure to distribute a person’s estate upon one’s death, creation and administration of a trust and procedure to appoint another to act on one’s behalf. Also includes a discussion of health care documents and related elderly care issues.

Student Learning Outcomes

Apply estate planning principles to legal scenarios..
Utilize the procedures for probating a will and administering an intestate estate.
Draft a trust and follow procedural rules for probate law.
Evaluate and organize relevant documents to the probate procedure.

Prerequisite: None