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34 Quinnipiac Prob. L.J. 231 (2020-2021)
These Are a Few of My Least Favorite Things

handle is hein.journals/qplj34 and id is 257 raw text is: QUINNIPIAC PROBATE LAW JOURNAL VOLUME 34 2021 ISSUE 3 THESE ARE A FEW OF MY LEAST FAVORITE THINGS RICHARD C. AUSNESS* I. Introduction The Uniform Probate Code (UPC) can trace its origins back to a Model Probate Code promulgated by the American Bar Association (ABA)'s section on Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law in 1946.1 In 1962, the Section on Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law, along with National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws began work on what was to become the original UPC.2 The National Conference and the ABA's House of Delegates approved the UPC in 1969.3 The 1969 UPC was an attempt to modernize some of the traditional rules and provide a degree of uniformity for the American law of wills and intestacy.4 In general, the original UPC did a good job of achieving these goals. The 1990 revised UPC was somewhat more ambitious. It introduced entirely new concepts such as harmless error and substantially changed longstanding rules *Stites & Harbison Professor of Law, University of Kentucky; B.A.1966; J.D. 1968 University of Florida; LL.M. Yale Law School 1973. I would like to thank the University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law for supporting this research. Robert whitman, Revocation and Revival: An Analysis of the 1990 Revision of the Uniform Probate Code and Suggestions for the Future, 55 ALB. L. REv. 1035, 1041 (1992). 2 Id. at 1042. 3 Id. 4 See id. at 1041 (providing that the purpose of the ABA was to promote uniformity in laws). 231

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