Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Wills, Trusts, and Estates: Essential Tools for the New York Paralegal, Second Edition is a realistic and practical text that offers an in-depth introduction to the responsibilities of the paralegal at each state of administration, estate planning, and litigation. The content is drawn from the author's extensive experience and is dappled with realistic examples to offer a complete understanding of the New York practice, leaving students well prepared to apply the knowledge that they have acquired.
These exciting features make this text a favorite:
- full length text focusing specifically on New York practice, eliminating the need for outside supplements
- complete coverage - students learn everything they need to handle an actual estate from beginning to end, including basic terminology; intestate administration; probate proceedings, litigation; jurisdiction and venue; fiduciary duties and responsibilities, trusts, and tax considerations - includes state-specific rules, forms, and reference sources
- in-depth instruction in paralegal tasks and skills at each state of administration, estate planning, and litigation with the final chapter including paralegal resources such as software, books, websites, and other tools
- separate chapter on Ethics
- case synopses and chapter pedagogy help students understand, practice, and retain material
- text features charts and diagrams, key terms, ethical points, topic sidebars, highlighted examples, and review exercises
- author's extensive practice experience enhances the presentation of the book
Changes to the Second Edition include:
- updated case law
- discussion of new statutes
Synopsis
Wills, Trusts, and Estates: Essential Tools for the New York Paralegal provides students everything they need to handle an estate from beginning to end, including basic terminology, intestate administration, probate proceedings, litigation, jurisdiction and venue, fiduciary duties and responsibilities, trusts, and tax considerations. This complete text focuses specifically on New York practice and eliminates the need for other supplements.
Enhanced by the author's extensive practice experience and her realistic examples, this text provides:
- State-specific rules, forms, and reference sources, including a complete appendix of forms
- In-depth instruction in paralegal tasks and skills at each stage of administration, estate planning, and litigation
- Paralegal resources such as software, books, websites, and other tools for the New York paralegal in the final chapter
- A separate chapter devoted to the ethical issues paralegals encounter
- Case synopses and chapter pedagogy that help students understand, practice, and retain material. Pedagogy includes charts and diagrams, key terms, ethical points, topic sidebars, highlighted examples, and review exercises.
- Current decisions that highlight points of law and statutory applications, thereby bringing a sense of reality to the material
New to the Third Edition:
- Case law has been updated throughout
- Discussions of new statutes have been added
- A timely new section on the status of same-sex spouses in New York has been added
Written specifically with students in mind by an experienced practitioner, Wills, Trusts, and Estates: Essential Tools for the New York Paralegal, Third Edition, offers all of the tools students need to deal with administration, estate planning, and litigation in the real world.