VOLUME 50, Number 1, Fall 2024 (pub 12/24)
In this Issue:
Part I – Constitutional Issues in the Trusts and Estates Field
- Constitutional Limitations on the Enforcement of Foreign Forced Heirship Laws by Raquel Begleiter, Austin Bramwell, and Molly Schiff
- Anna Nicole’s Constitutional Estates Law Legacy by Dave Fagundes
- Testamentary Freedom: A Constitutional Perspective by Richard J. Goralewicz
- After Sveen v. Melin, Is There a Contracts Clause Argument Against Laws Retroactively Terminating Child Support Obligations After the Death of the Obligor Parent? by Diane Kemker
- Constitutional Limits on State Power to Tax Trust Income by Carlyn S. McCaffrey, and John C. McCaffrey
- Why Do We Ask the Court to Do Something that It Can’t? Constitutional and Practical Issues with Judicial Appointment of Successor Trustees by R. Ethan Ward, and Stephen C. Crofford, Jr.
Part II – 2024 Joseph Trachtman Memorial Lecture
- Civilization Depends on Us: The Virtues of Estate Planning and Estate Planners by Turney P. Berry
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