Succession Law is the law governing the devolution of property on the death of its owner. This new book provides peerless analysis of this branch of law with extensive cross-referencing to related issues such as tax, private international law and trusts. It provides the reader with in-depth coverage of key Irish judgments, statutes and court rule provisions. The coverage is supplemented with Court Rule prescribed forms and many non-prescribed drafted forms, titles to grants of representation and checklists, which all readers will find invaluable aids to understanding and applying succession law in practice.
This highly practical book includes a chapter on will drafting and estate planning and provides 10 precedent templates covering most testator requirements:
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- Precedent 1: All to spouse, and should spouse not survive testator by 30 days, all to two children, as substituted residuary legatees and devisees – where child predeceases, gift over to any children of predeceased child alive at date of death of deceased
- Precedent 2: Residue to children equally, who are minors at date of execution of will
- Precedent 3: Professional executor charging clause and various devises and bequests
- Precedent 4: Joint devise and various attestation clauses depending on disability of Testator
- Precedent 5: Demonstrative and charitable legacies and life and remainder interests
- Precedent 6: Will leaving legal right share to spouse with life estate of residue to spouse and special power of appointment amongst children of testator
- Precedent 7: Wills - one dealing with estate of the testator in the State only and the other dealing with his estate outside the State
- Precedent 8: Precedent Codicils
- Precedent 9: Trust
- Precedent 10: Discretionary Trust
The book's appendices, too, contain a wealth of practical information such as:
- Client interview checklist
- Prescribed Superior Court Forms
- Non-prescribed Forms
- Sample High Court contentious probate summonses
- Law Society guidelines for solicitors drafting wills
- Practitioner guidance on costs
