Wills, Probate and Estates sets out best practice and procedure in the area of wills, trusts, probate and the administration of estates. The manual provides accessible, practical and thorough coverage of this key topic, including example precedents, and fully explains the legal background to procedures.
A comprehensive resource focused on today's most important estate planning issues Estate planning is the process by which you review your asset base, assess the needs of your loved ones, and, with the assistance of a qualified estate planner, implement a plan for passing on wealth.
Helps you to choose, set-up, and execute a will, trust, or estate. This book discusses about trust agreements, trust property, settlement costs, life insurance, durable power of attorney, marital deductions, gift splitting, survivorship deeds, gift tax issues, generation skipping transfer tax, tax deferred accounts, and advance directives.
One of the critical decisions a person must make when crafting a will or establishing a trust is whom to name as executor or trustee. This book provides insight whether you are a lawyer, accountant, financial consultant, spouse, adult child, relative, or friend.
Employs celebrity wills and estates as illustrations to provide access for readers into legal topics. This work defines legal vocabulary contains charts and graphs that focus on state-by-state information. It includes practice materials at the end of each chapter.
Mutual wills are a little known but very convenient route for testators who wish to ensure that their estates devolve as they wish. It is a subject deep in misconceptions, in particular, on the prerequisites for establishing mutual wills. This book seeks to dispel the many myths.
Aims to simplify the complicated process of estate planning. This work helps readers learn what information they need to gather before they begin, and how to communicate with heirs, manage tax considerations associated with estates, provide for the special needs of the old and young, and more.
Dealing with th aspects of estate planning, this title shows you how to formulate strategies for the provision, holding and devolution of personal and family resources. It contains the information required to achieve the most convenient and effective planning at the lowest cost.