Plan Your Estate, 9th Edition

The most comprehensive — yet easy to read — guide to estate planning on the market!

Plan Your Estate covers everything from the basics of wills and living trusts to sophisticated tax-saving strategies. The authors give you straightforward, plain-English explanations of every significant estate-planning option available, so you can make the best decisions for you and those you love.

The book covers:

  • wills
  • probate and how to avoid it
  • living trusts
  • property-control trusts
  • naming guardians for children
  • leaving property to children
  • estate taxes and how to reduce them
  • living wills (health care directives)
  • financial powers of attorney
  • final arrangements
  • strategies for business owners
  • and much more

    The 9th edition is completely updated with the latest federal and state laws, and now covers ethical wills — a new way to pass on values, beliefs and important personal experiences. Good for all states except Louisiana. (20080201)

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  • AARP Crash Course in Estate Planning, Updated Edition: The Essential Guide to Wills, Trusts, and Your Personal Legacy

    Scrutinized for accuracy by AARP’s legal specialists, and completely up-to-date, this indispensable volume covers every aspect of planning an estate and creating a will. A crash course in one handy volume, the book walks readers through the entire process, from understanding the distinction between probate and nonprobate property to delegating a durable power of attorney, and from resolving possible tax issues ahead of time to safeguarding your assets.
     

    In these pages you will find:

    • Comparisons of wills and simple living trusts.
    • Advice on guardianship and advanced medical directives.
    • Explanations of the role and powers of a trustee and what steps to take in the case of suspected misconduct.
    • A primer on marshaling and protecting retirement assets.
    • Help in planning for children with disabilities.
    • A primer on marshaling and protecting retirement assets.
    • Help in planning for children with disabilities.
    • Ideas for making sure your money stays in the family in case a spouse remarries; and much, much more.

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    Planning for Long-Term Care: Texas Medicaid (Texas Elder Law Portfolio)

    This elder law portfolio covers paying for long-term care in Texas. Medicaid is the main focus, but the author covers other planning alternatives including using life insurance viaticals, long-term care insurance policies and the VA aid & attendance program. Don’t make the mistake of assuming that Medicare will pay for your long-term care needs. This portfolio discusses the financial crunch associated with nursing home care, and lays out viable approaches to meet those financial needs. It also covers Texas MERP (Medicaid Estate Recovery Program) and ways that you can legally protect your home.This elder law portfolio covers paying for long-term care in Texas. Medicaid is the main focus, but the author covers other planning alternatives including using life insurance viaticals, long-term care insurance policies and the VA aid & attendance program. Don’t make the mistake of assuming that Medicare will pay for your long-term care needs. This portfolio discusses the financial crunch associated with nursing home care, and lays out viable approaches to meet those financial needs. It also covers Texas MERP (Medicaid Estate Recovery Program) and ways that you can legally protect your home.

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    AARP Crash Course in Estate Planning: The Essential Guide to Wills, Trusts, and Your Personal Legacy

    Here is the absolutely essential and totally comprehensive guide to wills, trusts, estate planning, and crafting a personal legacy.

    Scrutinized for accuracy by AARP’s legal specialists, this indispensable volume covers every aspect of planning an estate and creating a will. A crash course in one handy volume, the book walks readers through the entire process, from understanding the distinction between probate and nonprobate property to delegating a durable power of attorney, and from resolving possible tax issues ahead of time to safeguarding your assets.

    In these pages you will find:
    • comparisons of wills and simple living trusts;
    • advice on guardianship and advance medical directives;
    • explanations of the role and powers of a trustee—and what steps to take in the case of suspected misconduct;
    • a primer on marshaling and protecting retirement assets;
    • help in planning for children with disabilities;
    • ideas for making sure your money stays in the family in case a spouse remarries; and much, much more.

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    List Price: $ 14.95
    Price: $ 5.39

    Medicare & You – 2011 Edition

    This is the official U.S. government Medicare handbook with important information about :
    – What’s new
    – Medicare costs
    – What medicare covers
    – Health and prescription drug plans
    – Your Medicare rightsThis is the official U.S. government Medicare handbook with important information about :
    – What’s new
    – Medicare costs
    – What medicare covers
    – Health and prescription drug plans
    – Your Medicare rights

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    Plan Your Estate

    The most comprehensive — yet easy to read — guide to estate planning on the market! Learn how to create an estate plan and protect your family

    Plan Your Estate covers everything from the basics of wills and living trusts to sophisticated tax-saving strategies. The authors give you straightforward, plain-English explanations of every significant estate-planning option available, so you can make the best decisions for you and those you love.

    The book covers:

  • avoid probate
  • leave property through a will or trust
  • use life insurance to provide for your loved ones
  • name a guardian for your minor child
  • leave property to a young person
  • plan for incapacity
  • implement strategies specific to business owners
  • reduce estate taxes
  • make final arrangements

    The 10th edition is completely revised with the latest federal and state laws, plus updated estate and gift tax information, and enhanced discussions about 529 plans, same-sex marriage, tax-saving trusts, and retirement benefits. (20080201)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

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