How to Settle an Estate: A Manual for Executors and Trustees - Softcover

Plotnick, Charles K.; Leimberg, Stephen R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0452283426 ISBN 13: 9780452283428

Publisher: Plume, 2002

Synopsis

The most complete and up-to-date estate-planning guide available

Thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the latest tax codes, the third edition of How to Settle an Estate is the essential step-by-step guide to lead readers through the complex and daunting process of settling an estate. In clear and practical lay terms, authors Charles K. Plotnick, L.L.B., and Stephan R. Leimberg, J.D., both experts in estate planning, provide readers with invaluable advice, including:

   ·  How to raise cash for immediate estate expenses
   ·  Dealing with insurance claims
   ·  Knowing when to hire a lawyer, an accountant, and a stock broker
   ·  Managing real estate
   ·  Distributing assets
And much more...

About this title

About the Author:

Charles K. Plotnick, L.L.B., is an attorney in Pennsylvania and specializes in estate planning. He is professor of estate planning at Temple University in Philadelphia.

Stephan R. Leimberg, J.D., is CEO of Leimberg Information Services, Inc., a provider of tax law commentary.

From Library Journal:

Attorneys Plotnick and Leimberg have substantially updated their clear, comprehensive manual for executors and trustees of an estate, originally published in 1986. The new edition shines in its use of sample documents and checklists. It also addresses the psychological aspects of death and of being an executor. While not a technical treatise, this guide conveys enough detail to assist readers. The authors stress the importance of forming an estate settlement team of experts and suggest how to hire them. The only problem, as with any consumer legal guide, is the differing state laws. The authors might consider selected state-specific editions and issuing software for the book, as some tax return programs have done. Overall, however, this is an excellent and handy book. For general collections.AHarry Charles, Attorney, St. Louis
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Plume
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0452283426
• ISBN 13: 9780452283428
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368