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Article on Boilerplate in Pour-Over Wills

WillMark Glover recently published an Article entitled, Boilerplate in Pour-Over Wills, Wills, Trusts, & Estates Law eJournal (2018). Provided below is an abstract of the Article.

In their intriguing and innovative article, Boilerplate and Default Rules in Wills Law: An Empirical Analysis, 103 Iowa L. Rev. 663 (2018), Professors Reid Kress Weisbord and David Horton conduct an empirical examination of the use of boilerplate provisions in wills. This response essay explores the consequences of their decision to exclude pour-over wills from their data set.