Plan Your Estate: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know to Protect Your Loved Ones (PLAN YOUR ESTATE NATIONAL EDITION) - Softcover

Clifford, Denis; Jordan, Cora

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873375807 ISBN 13: 9780873375801

Publisher: Nolo, 2000

Synopsis

The most comprehensive estate planning book available, Plan Your Estate covers everything from basic estate planning to sophisticated tax-saving strategies for people with estates worth up to $1,200,000 or more. It demystifies:

· probate avoidance
· living wills
· estate tax saving trusts
· funerals and burials
· federal estate and gift taxes
· charitable remainder trusts
· durable powers of attorney.

This useful book includes valuable information about estate-tax savings and family "pot trusts." Good in all states except Louisiana.

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Review:

Planning your estate is one of the most complicated endeavors you'll ever undertake, yet its results are also the most far-reaching; after all, it will continue to affect those you care about long after you no longer can. So it's worth understanding all the options and ramifications, being personally involved, and doing it right. This Nolo Press guide to estate planning is an excellent source of information on the many various details and considerations that you need to take into account--such as children and probate, estate and gift taxes, second marriages, and a wide variety of trust options (charitable, generation-skipping, spendthrift, living, and educational, for starters). It delves into the factors that affect married people versus single, the laws regarding children, types of beneficiaries and wills, plus joint tenancy, life insurance, retirement benefits, taxes, and organ donation. Showing a number of sample estate plans, explaining what hiring a lawyer can do for you (and how to choose a good one), how to do your own research, and including a glossary of estate-planning terms, Clifford and Jordan give you the tools to decide for yourself how you want your estate disposed of--and to make sure that's what your legal documents reflect. --Stephanie Gold

Book Description:

This book provides the information and encouragement you need to create security for your property, your children, and your health after you become incapacitated or die. In plain English, it covers every standard estate planning topic in detail. The information in this book will help you formulate your plan and will save you time and money, whether you create your own estate plan or go to a lawyer for assistance.

About this edition

• Publisher: Nolo
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0873375807
• ISBN 13: 9780873375801
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 480