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Classroom Graphics for use with Fundamentals of Trusts and Estates, Fifth Edition by Roger W. Andersen and Ira Mark Bloom Copyright © 2017 Carolina Academic Press, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Page -- , Question As you contemplate your future as a lawyer, in what directions do you think learning this subject might take you?
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OVERVIEW Probate Administration Functions Process Lifetime Transfers
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Probate vs Non-Probate Property
A Decedent’s Wealth Figure 1-1 Probate Property Non-Probate Property Life Insurance In Decedent’s Name Joint Property Retirement Benefits Through Probate By Will or Intestacy Property in Living Trusts P. O. D. Accounts Designated Survivors Designated Survivors
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OVERVIEW Guardianship Person Property
Administrative burdens Restrictions on investments The Uniform Codes and Restatements
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FEDERAL WEALTH TRANSFER TAXES A Unified System
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FEDERAL WEALTH TRANSFER TAXES The Gift Tax
Annual Exclusion
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First Gift Second Gift (Fig. 1-2) (Fig. 1-3) Cum. Taxable Gift
$5,340,000 $5,450,000 $40,000 $20,000 $20,000 Avail. U/C
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FEDERAL WEALTH TRANSFER TAXES The Gift Tax
Annual Exclusion The Estate Tax The Gross Estate
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A Decedent’s Wealth Figure 1-4
The Gross Estate A Decedent’s Wealth Figure 1-4 Probate Property Non-Probate Property In Decedent’s Name Life Insurance Joint Property Retirement Benefits Property in Living Trusts P. O. D. Accounts
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