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Oral Lease v. Contract for Lease Problem under the Nebraska Statute of Frauds, The
(Creighton University School of Law, 1973)
INTRODUCTION|No area of the law is so fraught with peril as that statutory section dealing with the requirement of a writing, an area generally referred to as the Statute of Frauds. Statute of Frauds problems are many and ...
Spousal Property Rights at Death: Re-Evaluation of the Common Law Premises in Light of the Proposed Uniform Marital Property Act
(Creighton University School of Law, 1984)
INTRODUCTION|The broad topic of this article is that of spousal property rights at the death of a spouse and the contemporary issues involved. A traditional approach to this topic is to begin with the historical development ...
Recent Developments in Nebraska Trust Law
(Creighton University School of Law, 1972)
INTRODUCTION|The publication in 1935 of the Restatement of the Law of Trusts by the American Law Institute was followed, in 1942, by the publication of the Nebraska Annotations to the Restatement of the Law of Trusts, The ...
Nebraska's Updated Principal and Income Act: Apportioning, Allocating, and Adjusting in the New Trust World
(Creighton University School of Law, 2002)
INTRODUCTION|Principal and income legislation came to Nebraska in 1980 when the Nebraska Unicameral adopted its version of the Revised Uniform Principal and Income Act. The Nebraska Principal and Income Act, as it was ...
Nebraska's Total Return Trust Statute: Unitrust Conversion and the Challenges of Managing a Trust and Drafting a Trust
(Creighton University School of Law, 2007)
INTRODUCTION|In 2005, the Nebraska Unicameral enacted legislation that authorizes a trustee to "convert a trust to a total return trust." This authorization to convert is contained in Nebraska Revised Statutes section ...
Nebraska's Real Property Transfer on Death Act and Power of Attorney Act: A New Era Begins
(Creighton University School of Law, 2013)
INTRODUCTION|The 2012 session of the Nebraska Unicameral witnessed the passage of two significant bills that are of major importance to Nebraska estate planning lawyers. Legislative Bill 536 enacted into Nebraska law the ...
In Memory of Robert M. Spire 1925-1994
(Creighton University School of Law, 1995)
INTRODUCTION|On behalf of the Creighton University School of Law, the Board of Editors of the Creighton Law Review dedicates this issue of the law review to the memory of Robert Spire, a friend to many, including the law ...
Legislative Bill 250: The New Nonprobate Transfers Article of the Nebraska Probate Code
(Creighton University School of Law, 1994)
INTRODUCTION|The Nebraska Probate Code, Nebraska's version of the Uniform Probate Code ("UPC"), became operative on January 1, 1977. Among the various provisions of this Code was Article 27, entitled "Nonprobate Transfers." ...
Creighton Lawyer Summer 2003
(2003-06-01)
Latest Look in Nebraska Trust Law, The
(Creighton University School of Law, 1998)
INTRODUCTION|Over fifteen years ago the Nebraska Unicameral passed its versions of the Uniform Trustees' Powers Act and Revised Principal and Income Acts. In an article appearing in a prior edition of this publication, I ...