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Wills, Estate Planning and Trusts Legal Kit

by Douglas Godbe
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Protect Your Estate Now

Everybody needs a will or a trust, yet more than 70 percent of the U.S. population has neither. While the process involved in attaining either a will or a trust can be complicated, The Wills, Estate Planning and Trusts Legal Kit simplifies this process and enables you to prepare and execute your own will or living trust by providing explanations, instructions and the necessary forms.

From explaining bequests, beneficiaries and custodianships to discussing federal estate taxes and state inheritance taxes, this book will assist you in drafting your estate plan. It provides more than fifty blank forms for wills, trusts, codicils, amendments and nominations of guardian. It also provides sample completed forms of these documents, covering many different situations and objectives, allowing you to find the best ones to suit your needs.

This book explains in simple language:
• How to decide between a will and a trust
• How to avoid probate
• How to evaluate your assets and distribute them
• How to make the estate tax laws work for you
• How to maximize your estate’s value
• How to use life insurance in your estate planning
• How to put retirement accounts into your trust
• How to direct your executor regarding the distribution of your estate
• How to use the necessary forms to correctly handle your estate planning task
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Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc. Edition: 1

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  • Release date: December 1, 2005

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  • File size: 1469 KB
  • Release date: December 1, 2005

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Finance Nonfiction

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English

Protect Your Estate Now

Everybody needs a will or a trust, yet more than 70 percent of the U.S. population has neither. While the process involved in attaining either a will or a trust can be complicated, The Wills, Estate Planning and Trusts Legal Kit simplifies this process and enables you to prepare and execute your own will or living trust by providing explanations, instructions and the necessary forms.

From explaining bequests, beneficiaries and custodianships to discussing federal estate taxes and state inheritance taxes, this book will assist you in drafting your estate plan. It provides more than fifty blank forms for wills, trusts, codicils, amendments and nominations of guardian. It also provides sample completed forms of these documents, covering many different situations and objectives, allowing you to find the best ones to suit your needs.

This book explains in simple language:
• How to decide between a will and a trust
• How to avoid probate
• How to evaluate your assets and distribute them
• How to make the estate tax laws work for you
• How to maximize your estate’s value
• How to use life insurance in your estate planning
• How to put retirement accounts into your trust
• How to direct your executor regarding the distribution of your estate
• How to use the necessary forms to correctly handle your estate planning task
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Finance Nonfiction