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| Introduction | |
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| The Property Requirement | |
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| The Property Requirement | |
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| Funding Issues | |
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| Wrongful Defunding | |
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| The Trustee's Office | |
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| Who Can Be a Trustee? | |
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| Who Is Fit to Be a Trustee? | |
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| Involuntary Trustees: Constructive Trusts, Purchase Money Resulting Trusts, Trustee Succession, Deceased Trustees, Partnership Assets, Government Regulation of Property Ownership and Other Such Matters | |
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| Avoiding, Assuming, and Vacating the Office | |
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| Trustee's Relationship to the Trust Estate | |
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| External Inbound Liabilities of Third Parties to the Trustee and the Beneficiaries | |
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| Interests Remaining with the Settlor | |
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| Interests and Powers Remaining with the Settlor by Operation of Law | |
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| Expressly Reserved Beneficial Interests and Powers | |
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| The Beneficiary | |
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| Who Can Be a Beneficiary? | |
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| Class Designation: "Children," "Issue," "Heirs," and "Relatives" (Some Rules of Construction) | |
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| The Beneficiary's Property Interest | |
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| Rights of the Beneficiary | |
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| Involuntary or Voluntary Loss of the Beneficiary's Rights | |
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| Duties and Liabilities of the Beneficiary | |
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| The Necessary Parties to a Suit Brought by a Beneficiary | |
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| The Trustee's Duties | |
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| General Duties | |
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| Specific Duties Incident to General Duties | |
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| Governmental Reporting Obligations | |
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| The Trustee's Liabilities | |
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| Trustee's Liabilities Generally (Breaches of Trust; Beneficiary's Standing to Seek Judicial Relief; Defenses) | |
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| Trustee's Internal Liability as Fiduciary to the Beneficiary | |
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| Trustee's External Liability as Legal Owner to Nonbeneficiaries | |
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| Trustee's Discharge in Bankruptcy | |
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| Miscellaneous Topics of General Interest to the Trustee | |
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| Powers of Appointment | |
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| Termination of the Trust and Final Distribution | |
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| The Transfer of Trust Property | |
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| The Trustee's Compensation | |
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| Conflict of Laws | |
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| Qualifying the Non-Human Being to Serve as a Trustee; Corporations Domestic and Foreign; Partnerships | |
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| Merger | |
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| Whom Does Counsel Represent? | |
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| Why More Than One Trust: The Estate and Generation- Skipping Tax | |
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| Fiduciary Principles Applicable to the Mutual Fund | |
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| What Are the Duties of the Trustee of a Revocable Inter Vivos Trust? | |
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| Where the Trust Is Recognized outside the United States | |
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| In Litigation Pertaining to a Trust, When Is the Beneficiary Entitled to Reimbursement from the Trust Estate for Legal Fees? | |
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| When a Guardian ad Litem (or Special Representative) Is Needed: Virtual Representation Issues | |
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| Doctrines Ancient and Modern | |
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| The Trustee of Revocable Trust as "Inadvertent Executor": When There Is a Duty to Prepare the Estate Tax Return | |
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| Mistake-Based Trust Reformation or Modification Actions to Achieve Tax-Efficiency Trust Reformation to Remedy Mistakes; Trust Modification; Tax Objectives | |
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| Regulation 9 Revised | |
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| When the Bank Trustee Merges or Consolidates | |
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| Tax Apportionment within and without Trust | |
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| Duty of Third Parties to Investigate Whether Trustee Has Power to Act or Is Properly Exercising the Power | |
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| Why Do We Need the Trust When We Have the Corporation and the Third-Party Beneficiary Contract? | |
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| How a Trust Can Facilitate Gifts to Minors | |
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| Burdens of Proof; Standards of Proof | |
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| Few American Law Schools Still Require Agency, Trusts, and Equity | |
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| Why Trustees Need to Know about Will Residue Clauses | |
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| The Difference between | |