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Family Financial Planning Graduate Programs

Graduate Certificate Course Information

Estate Planning for Families*

University:
Montana State University Montana State University logo
Course Number:
HDFP 530
Credit Hours:
3 credit hours - $610 per credit
Start/End Dates:
January 14, 2025 - May 08, 2025

Overview

Course Description

This course focuses on fundamentals of the estate planning process, including estate settlement, estate and gift taxes, property ownership and transfer, and powers of appointment. Students explore tools and techniques used in implementing an effective estate plan, ethical considerations in providing estate planning services, and new and emerging issues in the field. Students use case studies to gain experience in developing estate plans suitable for varied family forms.

Contacts

Instructor

Kimbree Redburn
kimbree.redburn@montana.edu

Campus Coordinator

For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.

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Disability Support Services

To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the IDEA process for requesting accommodations.

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Textbooks

Estate Planning
Michael Dalton and Thomas Langdon
Edition: 13th
ISBN: 978-1-946711-68-7
Publisher: Money Education

Course Access

Desire2Learn at MSU will end after spring 2025.
MSU will begin using Canvas for summer classes and beyond.

Approximately three weeks before the first day of class, Montana State University emails course confirmation letters containing course start and end dates, required textbooks/materials, library access, and other important information.

  • Approximately 7-10 days before the course start date, students receive another email with the steps that they need to take to set up their LMS login and get instructions on how to obtain their usernames and passwords. (Desire2Learn through spring 2025; Canvas starting summer 2025 and beyond).
  • Students are encouraged to contact Kimbree Redburn if they are having trouble accessing the LMS.

Courses may not be available to students until the first day of class.

Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

University Contact

Click on the campus coordinator name to get their contact information. Click on the university name to learn more about how IDEA works at that campus.