The Living Trust: The Failproof Way to Pass Along Your Estate to Your Heirs Paperback - 2002
by Henry W. Abts
This revised version of the popular guide to avoiding probate offers up-to-date information that reflects 1996 federal tax codes and the latest developments in the legal system, as well as new facts about individual retirement accounts and catastrophic illness.
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The Bible on How to Avoid Probate, Revised and Updated
"[The Living Trust] is unquestionably the layman's most nearly complete source on living trusts. . . . Recommended reading for anyone who wants to maximize his net estate left to heirs, speed asset distribution after death, avoid will challenges, minimize estate costs, and maintain privacy."
--Robert Bruss, Esq., and nationally syndicated real estate columnist, Chicago Tribune
You may think your heirs have been well provided for, but did you know that:
- Your loved ones may have to wait more than two years before receiving a penny from your estate--even though you have left a legally valid will?
- Costs of probating your will may eat up more than 10 percent of your estate--money your heirs will never receive?
- The specific instructions of your bequest may be contested or changed completely--even though clearly spelled out in your will?
- A will cannot help you in life? If you become incapacitated or your judgment comes into question, it becomes a matter for the courts to decide and is a very public process.
A living trust is a simple, inexpensive legal alternative that eliminates the costs and delays of probate and ensures that your loved ones will receive their inheritance promptly and exactly as you intended. The Living Trust--the bible of how to avoid probate--will show you how to take full advantage of this critical estate-planning tool. This updated edition of The Living Trust includes the latest information on trust formations, tax changes, distribution rules, and more. It also offers:
- Insight into abuses within the probate system
- Advice on how to protect your business, savings, and retirement funds from frivolous lawsuits
- The effects of the Economic Growth and Tax Reconciliation Act of 2001 on estate tax, gift tax, the generation-skipping tax, and stepped-up valuation
- Sample and ancillary documents, including the estate preservation and tax-saving documents, the living will, and costs of living trust, all updated to reflect the latest tax changes and living trust requirements
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- Title The Living Trust: The Failproof Way to Pass Along Your Estate to Your Heirs
- Author Henry W. Abts
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 3 Revised
- Pages 432
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher McGraw-Hill Companies, Lincolnwood, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Date 2002-10-09
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780071387095 / 0071387099
- Weight 2.13 lbs (0.97 kg)
- Dimensions 10.78 x 8.5 x 0.87 in (27.38 x 21.59 x 2.21 cm)
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- Theometrics: Secular
- Library of Congress subjects Estate planning - United States, Living trusts - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002067747
- Dewey Decimal Code 346.730
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