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Law 20 - Probate #0307  

 Prof Alberto Gudio - Read  Dear Online Student -  Study Guide and Welcome Message
 

 

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Probate Law - Fact Pattern for All Probate Forms -  probate forms  
Distribution of Grades

Tests - 25% of your grade

Assignments - 25% of your grade

Probate Forms - 35% of your grade

Discussion Forums - 15% of your grade - entered at the end of the session 

A grade of C or greater is required to pass the class

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Week 1 - Due 9/2/12

• Read the syllabus for the class and order the textbook and login to moodle - 
• Scan the textbook to famliarize yourself with the table of contents  - "How to Probate an Estate in California" 
• Read Dear Online Student
• Post your Introduction 
• Read  "How to Study Law and post to moodle
• Read  Good Legal Writing and post to moodle
• Read The Uses of Argument and post to moodle
• Read  Analytic Thinking and post to moodle
• Read  "Character Counts" and post to moodle
• Read Differences between a "Case" and a "Code" (10 Hour Law School) and post to moodle
• Read "Recognizing Plagarism" and take the test
• review the following - summary of probate law - http://profj.us/probatelaw/
• Read Chp. 1 - Overview
• Review checklist of handling a simple estate - http://duedates.pbwiki.com/f/law20cklist.htm
• Review requirement of a will - http://probatelaw.pbwiki.com/f/willform.htm
• Review a simple will - http://duedates.pbwiki.com/f/simplewill.htm
• #1 Prepare simple will 
• weekly forum discussion

 

Week 2 - Due  9/9/12

• Read chp 2 "first steps in handling an estate"
• Review steps in conducting a probage of an estate - law20steps.htm
• #2 Calculate attorneys fees
• #3 Probate court location -  see - http://www.profj.us/information/probate/
• #4 - Name of Executor 
• weekly forum discussion

 

Week 3 - Due 9/16/12

          Read chap 3 "heirs and beneficiaries" - chp34notes.htm

• #5 - Prepare form DE 111 Petition for Probate - http://probatelaw.pbwiki.com/probate-forms 
• Quiz A - chp. 1 & 2 
• weekly forum discussion

 

Week 4 - Due 9/23/12

• Read chp. 4 "decedents estates: - chp34notes.htm
• Read "How to settle a simple estate" - law20settle.htm
• test B - chp. 3 & 4 
• weekly forum discussion

 

Week 5 - Due  9/30/12

• read chp. 5 - "schedule of assets and debts"
• review make an inventory of the estate
• review schedule of assets form - assets.html
• #6 - review introduction to the probabe code  - read intro to probate code 
• weekly forum discussion

 

Week 6 - Due  10/7/12

• read chp. 6 - "identifing best transfer procedure"
• review FAQ on Wills and Estates - http://estateplanningattys.com/estateplanning.html
• #7 - determine and disuss assets of the estate 
• Test C - Chapter 5, 6 & 7  
• weekly forum discussion

 

Week 7 - Due 10/14/12

• read chp. 7 "taxes"
• #8 prepare DE-147 for "Duties of the Administrator"  
• weekly forum discussion

 

Week 8 - Due  10/21/12

• read hp. 8 "transferring title to real property"
• Review probate rules chp 10 - part 1, 2, 3, and 4
• #9 - prepare DE -150 "Letters" 
• #10 - Petition for Waiver 
• weekly forum discussion 

 

Week 9 - Due  10/28/12

• read chp. 9 "transfer of securities"
• #11 - prepare DE -157 Notice of Administration 
• Test D - Chp. 8, 9 & 10  
• weekly forum discussion 

 

Week 10 - Due  11/4/12

• read chp. 10 "joint tenancy property"
• #12 - prepare DE -160 Inventory and Appraisal  
• weekly forum discussion

 

Week 11 - Due  11/11/2

• read chp. 11 - "transferring small estates"
• #13 - prepare DE -161 Inventory and Appraisal and Attachment #1 
• Test E - chp. 11, 12 & 13 
• weekly forum discussion

 

Week 12 - Due 11/18/12 

• read chp. 12 - "transferring trust property"
• #14 - prepare Petition for Final Distribution 
• weekly forum discussion

 

Week 13 - Due  11/25/12

• read chp. 13 - "overview of the probate court process"
• read chp. 14 - "Conducting a simple probate"
• Test F - chp. 14 & 15 
• weekly forum discussion

   

Week 14 - Due  12/2/12

• #15 - prepare Order of Final Distribution 
• weekly forum discussion

Week 15 - Due 12/9/12 

• TBA

Week 16 - Due  12/16/12

 

• TBA
  
  

  updated: 7/12/12