Book on Will Drafting

Steve R. Akers, Bernard E. Jones, and R.J. Watts, IIrecently published a book entitled, WillsRoad Map: Practical Considerations in Will Drafting.Provided below is a description of the book from Texas Bar Books:

WillsRoad Map: Practical Considerations in Will Drafting beganlife as the well-known seminar paper “Anatomy of a Will” from the TexasBarCLEseminar Building Blocks of Wills, Estates and Probate. Intended for bothgeneral practitioners who occasionally prepare wills for their existing clientsas well as for experienced estate planning attorneys, Wills Road Map bringstogether legal concepts from wills, probate, and trust law to provide expertguidance in properly assembling a will.

Featuring a basic discussion of estate tax planning,with a focus on various state law issues, Wills Road Map also addressesprinciples that can affect the will beyond the language of the will itself.Other subjects include doctrines affecting the validity of the will and areview of the legal significance and effect of the many specific willsprovisions. Helpful appendixes include a checklist and sample wills forms.

Wills Road Map: Practical Considerations in WillDrafting digital product is included with purchase and contains theentire book as a hyperlinked and word-searchable PDF file. All tables ofcontents, cross-references, and indexes are linked to substantive text withinthe file. Texas and federal case and statute citations are linked to online versionsin the Casemaker Web Library.