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• Title:Estates, future interests, and powers of appointment in a nutshell / Thomas P. Gallanis.
  
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• Author/Creator:Gallanis, Thomas P., author.
  
• Published/Created:St. Paul, MN : West Academic Publishing, [2018]
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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KF605 .G35 2018
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Estates (Law)--United States.
  Future interests--United States.
  
• Edition:Sixth edition.
  
• Description:xxvi, 388 pages ; 19 cm
  
• Series:Nutshell series.
  
• Summary:"This...guide provides an overview of the rules and principles of estates and future interests, including concurrent estates, marital estates (including the modern elective share), and powers of appointment. It includes new innovations from the restatement 3d of property, modernizing the law of future interests and dramatically changing the rule against perpetuities. With respect to powers of appointment, the book incorporates the clarifications and modernizations of the law in the restatement 3d of property and the Uniform Powers of Appointment Act (2013, with subsequent amendments). The book also has exercises, with answers at the back."-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  
• ISBN:9781640205727 (paperback)
  1640205721 (paperback)
  
• Contents:Introduction to estates and future interests
  POSSESSORY ESTATES AND FUTURE INTERESTS: Classifying possessory estates (a.k.a. present interests)
  Classifying future interests
  Two consequences of the classification of future interests
  The rule against perpetuities
  Three other rules governing future interests
  MARITAL ESTATES: Marital estates at common law
  Modern protections for the surviving spouse
  CONCURRENT ESTATES: Concurrent estates
  POWERS OF APPOINTMENT: A primer on powers
  Who owns the appointive property?
  Exercising a power
  Effectiveness of the appointment
  Powers and the rule against perpetuities.