Pour-Over Wills
How the pour-over will interacts with a revocable trust, the UTATA validation rules, and why it is a backstop rather than the plan.
What this guide covers
- UTATA/UPC 2-511 validates the pour-over even to an unfunded, later-amended revocable trust.
- The trust, not the pour-over will, should hold the substantive dispositive and tax provisions.
- Pour-over assets still pass through probate — funding during life is the real objective.
The full guide includes the detailed analysis, worked examples, statutory citations, and related resources below.
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Educational reference, not legal advice. Prepared for licensed professionals as general reference; not legal advice and no attorney-client relationship is created. Law varies by state and changes over time — verify transfer-tax figures and statutory citations against current primary authority. This resource was last updated 2026-07-31. Estateur is not a law firm.