The Treatise on the Maryland Law of Estates & Trusts had its origins in lecture notes that Fred created when teaching estates and trusts law at the University of Baltimore School of Law. The text for the course was Jesse Dukeminier’s casebook (now continued by Robert H. Sitkoff). Fred’s lecture notes were a Maryland specific supplement to that text.

The Treatise is updated sporadically, so Franke Beckett LLC does not guarantee that references are current and relevant. Both the statutory and common law of Maryland change as usages of society alter.

We make the Treatise available because many lawyers have told us that they use it as a starting point for their research. We have been asked to update the materials – an ongoing project. Lawyers and others using the Treatise must use care and judgment. Caveat Emptor.