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Real Property (RP) Topics Dirt Dirt Daily Developments Assignment and Subletting Condemnation Federal Taxation of Real Estate Governmental Incentives Land Use and Zoning Legal Opinions in Real Estate Transactions Life Insurance Company Investments Mortgage Lending Partnerships and LLC's Practice Management (Group) Pro Bono Committee Property Tax Resorts and Tourism Sports, Entertainment and Gaming Workouts, Foreclosures and Bankruptcy

Probate and Trust (PT) Topics ABA-PTL (General Discussion) Asset Protection Planning Business and Investment Entities Business Planning (Group) Emotional and Psychological Issues in Estate Planning Estate and Gift Tax Income and Transfrer Tax Planning (Group) Non-Tax Issues in Planning and Admin Organization and Operation Issues of Exempt Orgs Technology in the Practice Uniform Laws

3DT
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Deals, Dirt, Death and Taxes is a discussion group of the Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section and covers estate planning for Businesses and Real Estate. Topics covered will include: entity selection, valuation, business continuity and succession, environmental problems and related income and wealth transfer tax issues.

Web Based archives are now available

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ABA-PTL
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The Probate Division of the Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section of the American Bar Association first opened its own Internet listserv, called "ABA-PTL" (stands for Probate & Trust Law) on July 31, 1995 at USA.NET. This list, which now has more than 1345 subscribers, is intended primarily for the use of Section members and related professionals so they can discuss estate planning and administration issues by e-mail. In May of 1997, this list moved to the server host at HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM.   On July 1, 2000 this list moved to its new permanent server host at the ABA's called MAIL.ABANET.ORG.

To subscribe to this list, go to the List's "join or leave" page at:

http://mail.abanet.org/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=aba-ptl&A=1

or, you can send an e-mail message to listserv@mail.abanet.org. Do not put anything on the Subject line in the Header unless you have to (i.e., AOL users). In the message part simply put the text:

subscribe aba-ptl (Your Real Name)

After being notified to do so and confirming your subscription, you will receive an e-mail message from mail.abanet.org telling you that you have successfully subscribed, welcoming you to the listserv, and giving you some essential information about it. The first thing you should do is SAVE this information.  The second thing you should to is send a private e-mail message to the owner of the lists at aba-ptl-request@mail.abanet.org with the words "My ABA Number" in the Subject line, and only your ABA Membership Number [ABA No. 3456789] in the text of the message,. This is so your membership status in the ABA and the Section can be verified should this list ever be changed back to a closed list for Section members only as it was when it first came into existence.

For more information about this listserv and how to subscribe to it, send an e-mail text message reading "info aba-ptl" to listserv@mail.abanet.org.

In order to view a Web based archive of all the e-mails that have been posted to this list since April of 1997, point your browser at the ABA-PTL List Archive URL. You can sort through the messages that are in this archive by author, subject or date.

The new URL for this archive is: http://mail.abanet.org/archives/aba-ptl.html

In addition, a backup duplicate of this archive is currently being maintained and can be found at URL: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/aba-ptl-pub.html

If you ever have any general questions about the ABA-PTL List, you can always write to the list Moderators at the generic address:
ABA-PTL-request@MAIL.ABANET.ORG.

Note: This list does not accept attachments. Subscribers can send attachments to the RPPT Section and they will be posted on the ABA-PTL Document Download Page. See the Instructions If you want to post.

DIRT
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This discussion group is an out growth of the popular Quarterly Report on Current Real Estate Developments. Dirt is free to participants and unrestricted. Each weekday, DIRT has a new Daily Development an excerpt from a recent or "in process" Quarterly Report. There may be new comments from the editor, and there will be the opportunity for the hundreds of real estate lawyers participating in DIRT to answer back with their own comments and criticisms. Visit the DIRT web site at http://dirt.umkc.edu/

DIRT is an "open line" for real estate lawyers to exchange ideas, questions, developments or complaints about anything of interest to those in the profession.

DIRT Now comes in two versions - DIRT and Broker DIRT (for real estate brokers)

• To subscribe to DIRT, just send the message "subscribe dirt (your name)" (without the quotes) to:
  listserv@listserv.umkc.edu
• To subscribe to Broker DIRT, just send the message "subscribe brokerdirt (your name)" (without the quotes) to:
  listserv@listserv.umkc.edu

Dirt Daily Developments
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The DIRT DD list is exclusively for members of the ABA's Real Property, Probate and Trust Section. This list serv will provide subscribers with the "Daily Developments" reports from DIRT - the Internet legal discussion group for real estate professionals. Each day, Professor Patrick A. Randolph of the university of Missouri-Kansas City sends subscribers of the DIRT list a commentary or update information concerning real estate law, a recent case or other real estate issues. The regular DIRT list then exchanges commentary on these postings or other matters. This list, the DIRT DD list, will carry ONLY the DIRT DD's and any amendments, corrections or follow ups from Professor Randolph. Thus, typically there will be only one message each weekday. There will be no opportunity to comment or review comments, although, of course, readers who wish can subscribe to DIRT if they want to see the discussion of a particular case, and then unsubscribe from DIRT later and maintain connection with DIRT DD. Such activity will not affect their DIRT DD Subscription.

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Dispute Resolution Committees (3/14)
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The Committees dealing with Dispute resolution in both Real Property and Probate matters have formed this list serve. In order to join the list, you must be a member of one of the committees listed below. Visit any of the committees web sites, linked below, to join.
Real Property: Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Probate and Trust: Estate and Trust Litigation and Controversy
Probate and Trust: Tax Litigation and Controversy.

Emotional and Psychological Issues In Estate Planning (2/28)
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The Emotional and Psychological Issues in Estate Planning committee has started this list serv as a discussion group on a quarterly case study. You can see the current case study on the committee's web page. If you want to comment, Join the list (it's open to the public).

Probate and Trust J-3 Committee (Asset Protection Planning)
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This list serv is the way in which members of this committee keep informed about the latest developments in asset protection planning and the upcoming activities and current projects of the committee.  This list has been having an active discussion about the recent decision in the Anderson case.  You must join this committee in order to join the list serv.  If you are already a member, just click on the link below to join the list serv.

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