KSL ATP Probate study plan

Outline the formal requirements for a valid will, including execution and attestation, and state the consequence of each defect

Distinguish testamentary capacity from knowledge and approval, and list the evidentiary indicators a court weighs for each

Map the intestacy distribution rules for surviving spouse, issue, parents, siblings and remoter kin, and compute shares for three worked family scenarios

Draft a one-page checklist for challenging or defending testamentary capacity in a probate dispute

Explain the grounds for revocation, revival and alteration of wills and identify the facts that trigger each

Summarize the doctrines of lapse, ademption, abatement and the rules against perpetuities as they affect gifts in a will

Describe the categories of grant (probate, letters of administration, with will annexed, de bonis non) and match each to a fact pattern

Identify who has priority to apply for each grant type and resolve two competing-claimant scenarios

Trace the procedural steps from death to grant, listing the documents filed at each stage

Identify the prescribed forms and the content each must contain, and note common rejection points

Explain citation, caveat, and the process for proving a will in solemn form versus common form

Draft a procedural timeline for a straightforward uncontested grant and one for a contested grant

Apply the rules on renunciation, substitution, and reservation of power by personal representatives

List the statutory and common-law duties of an administrator from collection of assets through distribution

Explain the order in which estate debts and liabilities are paid and apply it to a worked insolvent-estate scenario

Identify the powers of personal representatives over sale, investment, and appropriation of assets

Prepare an estate accounting from opening inventory to final distribution, reconciling receipts and payments

Distinguish the duties of a personal representative from those of a trustee and identify when the roles diverge

Explain fiduciary duties of loyalty, impartiality, and accounting, and spot breaches in three short scenarios

Describe beneficiary rights to information and to compel administration, and the remedies available for maladministration

Compare the grounds and remedies for family provision claims and identify who is an eligible applicant

Explain the court's discretion in varying a will or intestate distribution and the factors it weighs

Describe how trusts are created in estate planning and distinguish fixed, discretionary, and testamentary trusts

Identify tax and succession consequences that drive common estate-planning structures

Compute estate-related fees and charges for two worked examples and state the basis for each

Identify the principal tax heads touching estates and the point at which each is triggered

Apply the core ethical duties of competence, confidentiality, conflict avoidance, and client care to four probate practice scenarios

Explain the duty to act in the client's best interests where the personal representative and beneficiary interests diverge

Sit two full-length timed mock exams under exam conditions and record scores by domain

Re-drill every missed item from the error log until each is answered correctly twice

Recite from memory the grant types, intestacy order, and procedural steps without notes

Build a one-page final revision sheet covering the highest-frequency rules across all domains