Spring 2014
5297 Administration of Estates and Guardianship - AKERS- 24342
Professor(s):
Judge Georgia Akers (ADJUNCT)
Credits: 2
Course Areas: Real Property, Trusts and Estates
Time: 5:30p-7:30p WLocation:
Course Outline: Administration of Estates and Guardianships. A skills class that will cover all types of administrations encountered with decedent’s and incapacitated estates: Dependent Administrations, Independent Administrations, Probating wills, alternative to probate administrations, Intestacy and guardianships. Students will review and be exposed to defective wills as well as proper wills and learn how to get them admitted into probate in addition to reviewing a variety of estate administration pleadings. Students will draft a will and prepare the pleadings to get the will admitted into probate as part of their examination grade.
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Course Notes: Quota= 12. This course will be taught by Georgia H. Akers, Associate Judge, Probate Court, Houston, TX.
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Final Exam Schedule: 04/30 6-8pm
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Satisfies Skills Course Requirement: Yes
Satisfies Senior Writing Requirement: No