LGST 3570 - Probate Procedures

Goals: To introduce students to vocabulary, concepts, and procedures associated with probate administration.

Content: A study of the legal concepts, processes, and practices associated with the distribution of a decedent’s estate. Students are introduced to the Uniform Probate Code, the laws of succession: testate and intestate, the legal forms related to formal and informal estate administration and relevant legal theory.

Taught: Annually.

Prerequisite: LGST 1110 or LGST 5000 and LGST 1250 (may be taken concurrently.)

*Paralegal specialty course.

Credits: 2 credits