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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Wills and Estate Planning For Canadians For Dummies

Wills & Estate Planning For Canadians For Dummies walks you through the steps of planning your estate. This friendly guide will help you

  • Reduce the tax you or your estate will pay
  • Plan for your children’s future
  • Leave a charitable legacy
  • Decipher the legal lingo in wills
  • Prepare a living will to ensure you get the treatment you want
  • Hire an estate planning team that will meet your needs

Through practical advice from expert authors, this book helps you ensure that your affairs are in order, and your loved ones will be looked after.

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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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Kiplinger’s Estate Planning: The Complete Guide to Wills, Trusts, and Maximizing Your Legacy

If I don’t have an estate plan, what will happen when I die? Can I plan my own estate, or should I work with an estate attorney? How can I make sure that my estate isn’t whittled away by state and federal taxes?

In Kiplinger’s Estate Planning, financial expert and attorney John Ventura offers straightforward guidance on all of the tools of estate planning, from wills, trusts, and custodial accounts to insurance, employee befits, and durable power of attorney for finance and health care.

 

In this easy-to-read guide, learn: What you can and can’t do with a will; How a living trust works; Your options for transferring assets to your spouse or partner; How to give your assets away while you are alive; How to use a durable power of attorney for health care—and what will happen if you become incapacitated without one; Controlling your death with a living will; How to leave a personal legacy; How to complete the process on your own or work with an estate attorney

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