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58 B.C. L. Rev. 539 (2017)
Tomorrow's Inheritance: The Frontiers of Estate Planning Formalism

handle is hein.journals/bclr58 and id is 539 raw text is: TOMORROW'S INHERITANCE: THE FRONTIERS OF ESTATE PLANNING FORMALISM DAVID HORTON INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 541 1. THE EVOLUTION OF TESTAM ENTARY FORM ALISM .................................................................. 551 A . The W ills A ct ...................................................................................................................... 554 B. The N on-P robate Revolution .............................................................................................. 557 C. H arm less E rror .................................................................................................................. 559 II. ELECTRONIC W ILLS ................................................................................................................ 563 A . W ill.D oc ............................................................................................................................. 563 B. The Intent Paradigm .......................................................................................................... 571 C. E - W ills and the A nti-Externality F unction ......................................................................... 573 III. TRUST FORM ALISM ................................................................................................................ 577 A . Phantom and Incomplete Trusts ......................................................................................... 577 B. H arm less E rror for Trusts .................................................................................................. 583 IV . D IGITAL A SSETS .................................................................................................................... 588 A . D ueling Statutes ................................................................................................................. 588 B. Form alism as a Clear Statem ent R ule ................................................................................ 593 C ONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................... 597 539

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