Jeffrey A. Cooper

Quinnipiac University School of Law

Professor of Law

275 Mt. Carmel Ave.

Hamden, CT 06518

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (34)

1.

Ghosts of 1932: The Lost History of Estate and Gift Taxation

Florida Tax Review, Vol. 9, No. 10, 2010
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 26 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2010
Jeffrey A. Cooper
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Downloads 1,139 (37,251)

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estate tax, gift tax, tax history, 1932, Ramseyer, Hoover, tax policy

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Empty Promises: Settlor's Intent, the Uniform Trust Code, and the Future of Trust Investment Law

Boston University Law Review, Vol. 88, No. 5, 2008
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 06 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2010
Jeffrey A. Cooper
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Downloads 870 (54,499)
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Uniform Trust Code, UTC, settlor's intent, trust investment management, interpretation, prudent investor, UPIA, benefit the beneficiaries

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A Lapse in Judgment: Ruotolo v. Tietjen and Interpretation of Connecticut's Anti-Lapse Statute

Quinnipiac Probate Law Journal, Vol. 20, 2007
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 14 May 2007
Jeffrey A. Cooper
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Downloads 616 (85,382)

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lapse, anti-lapse, bequest, devise, predeceased, testator, Connecticut, estate, will, Ruotolo, Tietjen

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Time for Permanent Estate Tax Reform

University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, Vol. 81, No. 2, 2012
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 12 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2014
Jeffrey A. Cooper
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Downloads 501 (110,615)

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estate tax, gift tax, state death tax credit, EGTRRA, Obama, Congress, state estate tax, tax policy, wealth transfer

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2009 Developments in Connecticut Estate and Probate Law

Connecticut Bar Journal, Vol. 84, 2010
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 27 May 2010 Last Revised: 31 Jul 2011
John R. Ivimey and Jeffrey A. Cooper
Reid and Riege, P.C. and Quinnipiac University School of Law
Downloads 494 (112,418)

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Connecticut, estate, probate, trusts, developments, recent, legislation, pet trusts, estate tax, probate litigation, probate procedure

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Speak Clearly and Listen Well: Negating the Duty to Diversify Trust Investments

Ohio Northern University Law Review, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2007
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 10 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2007
Jeffrey A. Cooper
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Downloads 468 (119,942)

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diversification, portfolio, fiduciary, trust, investment, management, Wood, Dumont, Rowe, Janes, Saxton, UPIA, prudent, default, modern portfolio theory, MPT

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2011 Developments in Connecticut Estate and Probate Law

Connecticut Bar Journal, Vol. 86, 2011
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 09 Mar 2012
Jeffrey A. Cooper and John R. Ivimey
Quinnipiac University School of Law and Reid and Riege, P.C.
Downloads 435 (130,681)

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2011 legislation, trust law, undue influence, estate law, wills, connecticut, probate practice, probate procedure, probate courts, connecticut probate

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2008 Developments in Connecticut Estate and Probate Law

Connecticut Bar Journal, Vol. 83, 2009
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 21 Feb 2009
Jeffrey A. Cooper and John R. Ivimey
Quinnipiac University School of Law and Reid and Riege, P.C.
Downloads 422 (135,355)

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connecticut estate tax, decoupling, estate planning, tax policy, tax planning

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2013 Developments in Connecticut Estate and Probate Law

88 Connecticut Bar Journal, 2014
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 30 Jul 2014
Jeffrey A. Cooper and John R. Ivimey
Quinnipiac University School of Law and Reid and Riege, P.C.
Downloads 414 (138,448)

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2013 legislation, recent developments, statutory interpretation, estate tax, connecticut, pet trusts, probate, wills, trusts, estates, probate procedure, prudent investor, pet trusts, conservatorships, guardians, connecticut

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2007 Developments in Connecticut Estate and Probate Law

Connecticut Bar Journal, Vol. 82, 2008
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 05 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2010
John R. Ivimey and Jeffrey A. Cooper
Reid and Riege, P.C. and Quinnipiac University School of Law
Downloads 414 (138,448)

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connecticut, estate, probate, trusts, developments, recent

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2014 Developments in Connecticut Estate and Probate Law

89 Connecticut Bar Journal (2015)
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 21 Sep 2015
Jeffrey A. Cooper and John R. Ivimey
Quinnipiac University School of Law and Reid and Riege, P.C.
Downloads 411 (139,611)

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estate planning, update, recent developments, probate, Connecticut, statutory interpretation, legislation, probate litigation, undue influence, will contests, probate

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Interstate Competition and State Death Taxes: A Modern Crisis in Historical Perspective

Pepperdine Law Review, Vol. 3, 2006
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 02 May 2006
Jeffrey A. Cooper
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Downloads 397 (145,246)
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state taxation, death taxes, estate taxes, interstate competition, tax history

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2016 Developments in Connecticut Estate and Probate Law

91 Connecticut Bar Journal (2017)
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 13 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2019
Jeffrey A. Cooper, John R. Ivimey and Katherine Mulry
Quinnipiac University School of Law, Reid and Riege, P.C. and Reid and Riege, P.C.
Downloads 388 (149,032)

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Estate Planning, Update, Recent Developments, Probate, Connecticut, Conservators, Equitable Conversion, Testamentary Capacity, Statutory Interpretation, Legislation, Probate Litigation, Undue Influence, Will Contests, Probate

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2012 Developments in Connecticut Estate and Probate Law

87 Connecticut Bar Journal, 2013
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 09 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2014
John R. Ivimey and Jeffrey A. Cooper
Reid and Riege, P.C. and Quinnipiac University School of Law
Downloads 387 (149,451)

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2012 legislation, statutory interpretation, estate tax, connecticut, probate, wills, trusts, estates, probate procedure

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2010 Developments in Connecticut Estate and Probate Law

Connecticut Bar Journal, Vol. 85, 2011
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 02 Aug 2011
Jeffrey A. Cooper and John R. Ivimey
Quinnipiac University School of Law and Reid and Riege, P.C.
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2010 legislation, trust law, undue influence, estate law, wills, connecticut, probate practice, probate procedure, probate courts, connecticut probate

16.

Rethinking the Estate Planning Curriculum

ACTEC Law Journal, Vol. 46, No. 1 (2020)
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 06 Nov 2020
Jeffrey A. Cooper
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Downloads 331 (177,319)

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estate planning, legal education, curriculum, wills, trusts, law school

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Shades of Gray: Applying the Benefit-the-Beneficiaries Rule to Trust Investment Directives

Boston University Law Review, Vol. 90, p. 2383, 2010
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 16 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 31 Jul 2011
Jeffrey A. Cooper
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Downloads 279 (212,107)

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Uniform Trust Code, UTC, settlor's intent, trust investment management, interpretation, prudent investor, prudence, UPIA, benefit the beneficiaries, dead hand, Langbein, Cooper

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Rethinking Connecticut Probate

Quinnipiac Probate Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 26 Sep 2018
Jeffrey A. Cooper
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Downloads 275 (215,407)

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Connecticut, Probate, Law Reform, Unsupervised Probate, Probate Fees, Procedure

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2018 Developments in Connecticut Estate and Probate Law

93 Connecticut Bar Journal 251 (2021)
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 15 Oct 2019
Jeffrey A. Cooper and John R. Ivimey
Quinnipiac University School of Law and Reid and Riege, P.C.
Downloads 271 (218,589)

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Estate Planning, Update, Recent Developments, Probate, Connecticut, Conservators, Equitable Conversion, Testamentary Capacity, Statutory Interpretation, Estate Tax, Legislation, Probate Litigation, Undue Influence, Will Contests, Probate

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Red States, Blue States: Lessons from the State Death Tax Credit and the 'SALT' Deduction

The Tax Lawyer, Vol. 73, No. 2 (2020)
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 13 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2019
Jeffrey A. Cooper
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Downloads 263 (225,157)

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tax policy, SALT, estate tax, politics, income tax, state taxes, federalism, fiscal federalism

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2020 Developments in Connecticut Estate and Probate Law

Connecticut Bar Journal, Vol. 95 (2022)
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 05 Jan 2022
Jeffrey A. Cooper, John R. Ivimey and Katherine Mulry
Quinnipiac University School of Law, Reid and Riege, P.C. and Reid and Riege, P.C.
Downloads 200 (292,463)

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Estate Planning, Update, Recent Developments, Probate, Connecticut, Testamentary Capacity, Statutory Interpretation, Estate Tax, Legislation, Probate Litigation, Will Contests, Probate

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2019 Developments in Connecticut Estate and Probate Law

93 Connecticut Bar Journal 379 (2021)
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 06 Nov 2020
Jeffrey A. Cooper, John R. Ivimey and Katherine Mulry
Quinnipiac University School of Law, Reid and Riege, P.C. and Reid and Riege, P.C.
Downloads 184 (315,234)

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Estate Planning, Update, Recent Developments, Probate, Connecticut, Testamentary Capacity, Statutory Interpretation, Estate Tax, Legislation, Probate Litigation, Will Contests, Probate

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An Unclear Burden: Proving Undue Influence in Connecticut

Quinnipiac Probate Law Journal, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2023
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 18 Dec 2023
Jeffrey A. Cooper
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Downloads 177 (326,453)

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undue influence, probate, probate litigation, burden of proof

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Death by Deduction: Section 2058 and the Decline of State Death Taxes

48 ACTEC Law Journal (2023 Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 08 Apr 2022
Jeffrey A. Cooper
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Downloads 129 (423,229)

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tax, estate tax, inheritance tax, death tax, internal revenue code, section 2058, fiscal federalism, state death tax deduction, EGTRRA, tax credit, tax deduction

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2015 Developments in Connecticut Estate and Probate Law

90 Connecticut Bar Journal (2016)
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 24 Aug 2016
Jeffrey A. Cooper, John R. Ivimey and Katherine Mulry
Quinnipiac University School of Law, Reid and Riege, P.C. and Reid and Riege, P.C.
Downloads 122 (441,718)
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Estate Planning, Update, Recent Developments, Probate, Connecticut, Marital Deduction, Estate Tax, State Tax Policy, QTIP, Elective Share, Statutory Interpretation, Legislation, Probate Litigation, Undue Influence, Will Contests, Probate

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Lessons of 1932

Estate Planning Studies, July 2010
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 02 Aug 2010
Jeffrey A. Cooper
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Downloads 103 (500,248)

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Estate Tax, Gift Tax, Tax History, Legal History, 1932, Ramseyer, Hoover, Tax Policy

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2022 Developments in Connecticut Estate and Probate Law

Connecticut Bar Journal (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 25 Oct 2023
Jeffrey A. Cooper, John R. Ivimey and Katherine Mulry
Quinnipiac University School of Law, Reid and Riege, P.C. and Reid and Riege, P.C.
Downloads 90 (546,538)

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Connecticut, probate legislation, probate, update, wills

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2021 Developments in Connecticut Estate and Probate Law

Connecticut Bar Journal (2023), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 09 Oct 2023
Jeffrey A. Cooper and John R. Ivimey
Quinnipiac University School of Law and Reid and Riege, P.C.
Downloads 80 (586,575)

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probate, Connecticut, legislation, estate planning

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Foreword: Twenty Years of the Uniform Trust Code

ACTEC Law Journal, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2019, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 11 Oct 2019
Jeffrey A. Cooper
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Downloads 47 (766,472)

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Uniform Trust Code, UTC, ACTEC, trusts

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Soldiers with Fortunes?: Rethinking the Tax Treatment of Fallen Combatants

Columbia Journal of Tax Law, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2017
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 01 Mar 2018
Jeffrey A. Cooper
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Downloads 44 (780,127)

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Internal revenue code, estate tax, tax policy, military, moral hazard, income tax, tax exemptions, tax compliance

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2017 Developments in Connecticut Estate and Probate Law

Connecticut Bar Journal, Volume 92 (2019)
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 15 Oct 2019
Jeffrey A. Cooper and John R. Ivimey
Quinnipiac University School of Law and Reid and Riege, P.C.
Downloads 41 (801,646)

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Estate Planning, Update, Recent Developments, Probate, Connecticut, Testamentary Capacity, Statutory Interpretation, Legislation, Probate Litigation, Will Contests, Probate

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Marching Off a Cliff

Trusts & Estates, Vol. 145, No. 10, p. 56, 2006
Posted: 02 Nov 2006
Jeffrey A. Cooper
Quinnipiac University School of Law

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state estate taxes, death taxes, estate tax, Florida, interstate competition

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State Estate Taxes after EGTRRA: A Long Day's Journey into Night

Quinnipiac Probate Law Journal, Vol. 17, p. 317, 2004
Posted: 11 May 2006 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2019
Jeffrey A. Cooper, John R. Ivimey and Donna D. Vincenti
Quinnipiac University School of Law, Reid and Riege, P.C. and Independent

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EGTRRA, state estate taxes, decoupling, death taxes

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Wrestling with Decoupling

Trusts & Estates, Vol. 145, No. 2, February 2006
Posted: 10 May 2006
Jeffrey A. Cooper
Quinnipiac University School of Law

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EGTRRA, decoupling, state estate tax, domicile, estate planning