New Books for Texas Courses on Wills, Trusts, & Estates

Two books have just been released which may be of interest to readers who teach wills, estates, trusts, estate planning, and related courses in Texas law schools or paralegal schools.

Texas Estate Planning Statutes — 2006 Student Edition organizes in one volume all of the Texas statutes that students in wills, estates, trusts, and estate planning courses need to have readily available. The volume contains the entire Probate and Trust Codes along with relevant provisions from many other codes, such as the Family Code, the Health and Safety Code, and the Government Code, as well as the Texas Constitution.  Key features include:

• Updates throughout, reflecting the activity of the 2005 Texas Legislature and recent judicial opinions
• Author-written commentary, providing background information, explanations, examples, and citations to key cases
• Only those statutory provisions that are most relevant to legal education, making the book instructor- and student-friendly
• A convenient and cost-effective one-volume format

Texas Wills and Estates: Cases and Materials (5th ed. 2006) is designed for law school courses covering wills, intestate succession, and estate administration.  The cases, problems, and questions are drawn extensively from Texas materials and attempt to provide the student with a comprehensive understanding of how decedent’s estates are handled in Texas.