LA4007 - Succession
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | School of Law Office |
This subject covers all aspects of Succession and Inheritance. It includes treatment of (a) Testate succession - wills, testamentary capacity, personal representatives, executors, grants of probate, administration of assets, legacies, payment of debts; (b) Intestate succession - the rules applicable to total and partial intestacy; grants of letters of administration; and (c) Testator's family maintenance - claims by family and dependants for support from the estate of the deceased and the power of the court to vary a will in such cases.
Learning Outcomes
- to introduce students to the law of succession, the problems associated with the branch of the law and proposals for reform.
| Prerequisites: | (LA1105 or LA2011) and (LA1106 or LA2012) and (LA3106 or LA3015) and (LA3013 or LA3014) |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Block, Study Period 7 | |
| Census Date 05-Jul-2012 | |
| Face to face teaching 02-Jul-2012 to 13-Jul-2012 (Teaching from 2 - 13 July) | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Stephen Graw |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (70%); other exams (30%). |
| Cairns, Block, Study Period 7 | |
| Census Date 05-Jul-2012 | |
| Face to face teaching 02-Jul-2012 to 13-Jul-2012 (Teaching from 2 - 13 July) | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Stephen Graw |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (70%); other exams (30%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.