Quick & legal will book
Book - 1996
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- Genres
- Legal forms
Law for laypersons
Handbooks and manuals - Published
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Berkeley :
Nolo Press
[1996]-
- Language
- English
- Item Description
- "With downloadable forms"--Cover, 7th ed. (2014)-
- Physical Description
- volumes (various pagings) : illustrations, forms ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 9781413330779
- Your Legal Companion for Making a Will
- 1. Making a Basic Will
- Is This Will Right for You?
- Wills 101
- Getting it Done
- How to Proceed
- 2. Your Beneficiaries
- Categories of Beneficiaries
- Shared Gifts
- Survivorship Period
- Simultaneous Death
- Imposing Limits on Your Gifts
- Disinheritance
- If You Want to Explain Your Decisions
- 3. Property Ownership
- Basic Rules for Giving Away Property
- Taking Stock of Your Property
- The Beneficiary Worksheet
- Types of Property Ownership
- Marital Property
- 4. Children
- Naming a Personal Guardian
- Managing Minors' Property
- Other Concerns About Children
- 5. Your Executor
- Choosing Your Executor
- No Bond Required
- 6. Estate Planning
- What Is Probate?
- Avoiding Probate
- Federal Estate Taxes
- State Taxes
- Second Marriages
- Other Property Control Matters
- Incapacity
- 7. Preparing the Draft of Your Will
- Determine Which Form to Use
- Instructions for Form 1
- Instructions for Forms 3 and 5
- Instructions for Forms 2 and 4
- 8. Preparing and Signing Your Final Will
- Making a Final Version
- Signing and Witnessing Your Will
- Self-Proving Affidavits
- A Sample Completed Will, Including a Self-Proving Affidavit
- Letters of Explanation
- 9. Storing and Copying Your Will
- Storing Your Will
- Making Copies of Your Will
- 10. Changing or Revoking Your Will
- When to Make a New Will
- Making Simple Changes in Your Will by Codicil
- Revoking Your Will
- 11. Going Further
- Writing a More Complex Will
- General Information on Estate Planning
- Probate-Avoiding Living Trusts
- Creating Documents for Health Care
- Creating a Durable Power of Attorney for Finances
- Using Lawyers
- Appendixes
- A. Using the Downloadable Forms
- Editing RTFs
- List of Forms
- B. Forms
- Wills
- Beneficiary Worksheet
- Additional Specific Gifts
- Will Codicil
- C. Probate Exceptions by State
- Index