The new edition of Gratuitous Transfers incorporates developments in the law of wills, trusts and estates since 2013, including a new principal case involving beneficiary consent to trust accounting. The text also includes references to case law and literature relating to same-sex marriage, revocation by divorce, reformation of wills, directed trusts, trust decanting, and fiduciary access to digital assets, as well as statutory references to recent amendments to the Uniform Probate Code and Uniform Trust Code. The coverage has been thoroughly updated while maintaining continuity of organization and general approach with previous editions.

Thoroughly revised and updated to reflect evolving case law and recent developments in the Restatement (Third) of Trusts and revisions to the Uniform Probate Code and other uniform laws. Furnishes ample material for a basic survey course on wills, trusts and decedents' estates, and for more advanced courses in the field. Includes surviving spouse's elective share and waiver of marital property rights; recent cases on the creation of trusts, exceptions to spendthrift protection, and remedies for breach of the fiduciary duty of loyalty; fiduciary investments and the prudent investor rule; and the Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities.