Vol. I
Estate Administration in Practice
MMXXV
Forthcoming
Estate Administration in Practice
Procedure, forms, and the record of the probate court.
Faculty of the School of Estate Administration
← The Academy
A School of the Academy
School of Estate Administration
Department of Probate & Succession
Probate, intestacy, and the orderly settlement of estates.
§ I
Introduction
Scope of Study
Estate Administration
Estate administration is procedure made visible. The School teaches the sequence: appointment, inventory, notice, claims, distribution, and discharge — with citations to every step.
§ II
Philosophy of the School
On how this School reads.
An estate is settled by a sequence the law has worked out with care. The School treats that sequence as a procedural architecture: each step has a statutory basis, a record, and a consequence. The fiduciary's authority is bounded by the appointment, and the appointment is bounded by the court.
§ III
What Students Will Study
The commitments of the School.
A School commits to a set of questions and to a method of reading them. The following are the working commitments of this department.
- 01
The order in which an estate is opened, administered, and closed
- 02
The instruments by which authority is granted and recorded
- 03
The treatment of creditor claims under the probate code
- 04
The accounting required of a personal representative
- 05
The distinctions between testate and intestate succession
§ IV
Curriculum
The syllabus.
The syllabus is read in sequence. Foundations are not optional; advanced study presumes them.
Foundations
- 01
The will: execution, revocation, and probate
- 02
Intestate succession under the Uniform Probate Code
- 03
Domicile and ancillary administration
Intermediate Study
- 01
Appointment and qualification of a personal representative
- 02
Inventory, appraisement, and the duty to safeguard
- 03
Notice to creditors and the running of the bar date
Advanced Study
- 01
Will contests: grounds, standing, and burden
- 02
Allowance and disallowance of claims
- 03
Distribution, final accounting, and discharge
Research & Method
- 01
Reading a state probate code against the Uniform Probate Code
- 02
Local rules of the probate court and the role of the register
- 03
Surveying interstate transfer-on-death statutes
Reference Materials
- 01
Uniform Probate Code, with official commentary
- 02
State probate codes and rules of the probate court
Suggested Reading
- 01
Atkinson, Handbook of the Law of Wills
- 02
McGovern, Kurtz, English & Gallanis, Wills, Trusts, and Estates
§ V
Learning Outcomes
The capacities a member should leave with.
Outcomes are stated as capacities, not credentials. They describe what a member should be able to do after sustained reading.
- 01
Open and close an estate under a state probate code
- 02
Identify and respond to creditor claims within the statutory window
- 03
Produce an accounting that satisfies the court of final settlement
§ VI
Primary Authorities
The texts the School takes seriously.
Authorities are listed by category. Entries marked in preparation are catalogued and reviewed before they enter the working record.
Statutes
2 entries
Authority
Uniform Probate Code (1969, as revised)
Authority
State enactments and non-uniform amendments
Court Rules
1 entry
Authority
Rules of the probate division, by state
Practice Manuals
1 entry
In Preparation
Forthcoming — catalogue in preparation
§ VII
Featured Publications
From the press of the institution.
The following volumes are drawn from, or supply, the work of this School. Each is reviewed by faculty before publication.
Vol. I
The Duties of a Trustee
MMXXV
In Press
The Duties of a Trustee
A reading of the Uniform Trust Code with annotations from the Restatement (Third) of Trusts.
Faculty of the School of Trust Law & Fiduciary Administration
Monograph No. 1
An Introduction to Legal Research
MMXXV
In Press
An Introduction to Legal Research
The hierarchy of authority and the discipline of citation.
Faculty of the School of Legal Research
The Society Press
All publications →§ VIII
Research in the Library
Where this School reads.
The divisions below carry the primary materials this School draws on. The catalogue opens in stages as the index is reviewed.
Library Division
Statutes
Codified federal and state statutory law, organized by title and chapter.
Library Division
Court Rules
Federal and state rules of procedure, evidence, and local practice.
Library Division
Forms
Court-approved forms, registers, and recorder instruments.
Catalogue · XI Divisions
Enter the Research Library →§ IX
Related Schools
Departments that read alongside this one.
Doctrine does not respect departmental boundaries. The following Schools take up adjacent questions.
Admission
Join the founding cohort of the Estate Administration department.
All Founding Members are admitted into every School. Tuition and dues are not yet open.
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