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LAW 104 - Wills, Trusts and Probate


Description: Critical issues, roles, and legal requirements in estate administration and pleadings.

Credits: 3
Lecture: 3
Course Content:
  1. Terminology, definitions, and law associated with wills, trusts, estate administration
  2. Wills and trusts
  3. Estate administration
  4. Personal representatives, fiduciaries and trustees
  5. Arizona probate law

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Apply the law regarding will and trust drafting. (1,2)
  2. Identify the laws of intestate succession. (3)
  3. Identify the basic functions of the participants in estate administration. (3)
  4. Prepare the pleadings for an informal probate. (3)
  5. Compare the responsibilities and liabilities of personal representatives, fiduciaries and trustees. (4)
  6. Identify the required pleadings in a formal probate. (5)