Clark, Murphy, Ascher and McCouch's Cases and Materials on Gratuitous Transfers, 5th

This edition incorporates developments in judicial decisions and statutory law since 1999, including the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's decision in Woodward v. Commissioner (status of posthumously conceived children under intestacy law), the Montana Supreme Court's decision in In re Estate of Kuralt (holographic wills), and the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Marshall v. Marshall (scope of the "probate exception" to federal jurisdiction). The text also includes extensive references to the Restatement (Third) of Trusts and the Uniform Trust Code. The chapter on estate and gift taxation has been updated to reflect significant statutory changes.