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LAW 151 Estate Planning and Probate (3)
3 hours lecture per week
Recommended Preparation: Credit in or qualification for ENG 100 or ESL 100.
LAW 151 trains the student in the principles and primary forms utilized in estate planning and probate in the State of Hawai'i. Coverage includes testate and intestate succession, wills, trusts, probate, and estate administration.
Upon successful completion of LAW 151, the student should be able to:
- Classify ownership of property for estate planning purposes.
- Apply the law of intestate succession to a specific situation
- Select appropriate estate planning tools for a specified client
- Identify estate planning tax considerations for a specified client
- Interview the client for probate information.
- Draft a basic will based on estate planning standards.
- Identify and compare procedures in the handling of estate administration, including intestate and testate proceedings, formal probate, informal probate, and supervised administration
- Assemble the documents necessary to gather together an estate.