AARP Crash Course in Estate Planning, Updated Edition: The Essential Guide to Wills, Trusts, and Your Personal Legacy
In these pages you will find:
• 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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The Elder Law Hawaii Handbook: Protecting Your Health, Wealth, and Personal Wishes (Latitude 20 Books)
This text describes the essential information needed by individuals and their families or partners who face serious issues such as declining health and the need for long-term care, appropriate legal and financial planning, and dealing with death, bereavement and grief. In straightforward language, the authors discuss basic legal, financial and healthcare preparations, including information about lawyers and how they can help you in planning your future, drawing up a valid will, probate, executing a durable power of attorney, eligibility requirements for Medicare, Medicaid and other state and federal medical assistance programmes.
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AARP Crash Course in Estate Planning: The Essential Guide to Wills, Trusts, and Your 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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Estate Planning Smarts: A Practical, User-Friendly, Action-Oriented Guide, 2nd Edition
This best-selling book for baby boomers and their parents is essential reading, whether you are tackling the subject for the first time or revising your plan to reflect changes in the law, your finances or your personal life.
The expanded 2nd edition, available here, replaces the 1st edition, published in 2009. It covers the important 2010 tax changes that affect everyone and explains how to:
Appoint someone to handle your finances in case you are not able to some day because of illness or disability
Protect your spouse or partner
Provide for young or disabled children, and grandchildren, too
Hand down a family business
Build a charitable legacy
Shield assets from creditors
Transfer non-probate assets, such as joint accounts, retirement plans and co-owned real estate
Avoid family conflicts
A lawyer, award-winning journalist and dynamic speaker, Deborah L. Jacobs is a frequent contributor to The New York Times and Forbes. She has also been interviewed as an expert by reporters from many different media outlets, including The New York Times, Bloomberg News, Smart Money, Reuters, U.S. News & World Report, MarketWatch and CBS TV.
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