Restatement of the Law Third, Property (Wills and Other Donative Transfers)

VOLUME 1 (§§ 1.1 to 5.5)

FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
DIVISION I - PROBATE TRANSFERS - (WILLS AND INTESTACY)
Chapter
1. Definitions and Basic Principles
2. Intestacy
3. Execution of Wills
4. Revocation of Wills
5. Post-Execution Events Affecting Wills

Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Parallel Tables Showing Corresponding Restatement Third and Restatement Second Section Numbers
Table of Cross References to Digest System Key Numbers and ALR Annotations
Index

VOLUME 2 (§§ 6.1 to 12.2)

FOREWORD
DIVISION II - NONPROBATE TRANSFERS (GIFTS AND WILL SUBSTITUTES) Chapter
6. Gifts
7. Will Substitutes

DIVISION II - PROTECTIVE DOCTRINES
Chapter
8. Invalidity Due to the Donor’s Incapacity or Another’s Wrongdoing
9. Protections Against Disinheritance



DIVISION IV - CONSTRUCTION, REFORMATION, AND MODIFICATION OF DONATIVE DOCUMENTS
Chapter
10. General Principles
11. Resolving Ambiguities
12. Reforming and Modifying Donative Documents

Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Parallel Tables Showing Corresponding Restatement Third, Restatement Second, and Restatement First Section Numbers
Table of Cross References to Digest System Key Numbers and ALR Annotations
Index

Volume 3 (§§ 13.1 to 27.3)

FOREWORD
DIVISION V
CLASS GIFTS
Chapter
13. General Characteristics of a Class Gift
14. Presumptive Meaning of Class-Gift Terms of Relationship
15. Increase and Decrease in Class Membership
16. Class Gifts to Heirs

DIVISION VI
POWERS OF APPOINTMENT
Chapter
17. Introduction to Powers of Appointment: Terminology and Definitions
18. Creation of a Power of Appointment
19. Exercise of a Power of Appointment
20. Release and Disclaimer of a Power of Appointment
21. Contracts to Appoint
22. Rights of the Donee’s Creditors in Appointive Assets
23. Elective-Share Rights of the Donee’s Surviving Spouse in Appointive Assets

DIVISION VII
PRESENT AND FUTURE INTERESTS
Chapter
24. Present Interests: Classification
25. Future Interests: Classification
26. Present and Future Interests: Construction

DIVISION VIII
PUBLIC-POLICY LIMITATION ON DEAD-HAND CONTROL: THE RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES
Chapter
27. Rule Against Perpetuities

Appendix. Sections from Restatement Second, Property (Donative Transfers), Division I, Part II

Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Parallel Tables Showing Corresponding Restatement Third, Restatement Second, and Restatement First Section Numbers
Index