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Fall 2015 Law Classes

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Week 0 - Orientation

 

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Law 20 - Probate #3240 

Class meets every Monday - 6:50 - 8:15 pm - CMS 023 

 Prof Michael Hibler -  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

Class Participation - 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  9/6/15

• 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" 
• Take Week 0 - Orientation 
• Read  Law Study
• Read  Legal Argumentation
• Read  Learning Ethics
• Read  Strategies against Procrastination
• Read  Reading Law Cases-Codes 
• 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

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Week 2 - Due 9/13/15

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

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Week 3 - Due 9/20/15

          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  
  

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Week 4 - Due 9/27/15

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

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Week 5 - Due  10/4/15

• 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  
  

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Week 6 - Due  10/11/15

• 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   
  

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Week 7 - Due 10/18/15

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

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Week 8 - Due  10/25/15

• 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  
  

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Week 9 - Due  11/1/15

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

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Week 10 - Due  11/8/15

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

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Week 11 - Due  11/15/15

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

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Week 12 - Due 11/22/15 

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

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Week 13 - Due  11/29/15

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

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Week 14 - Due  12/6/15

• #15 - prepare Order of Final Distribution  

updated:  7/30/15