Basics of Trust Administration -- California

Basics of Trust Administration -- California

Author: Patricia K. Rice

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2007-06

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9781430322702

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Patricia K. Rice is a certified paralegal living in Northern California who, for the last ten years, has worked for an attorney certified by the State Bar of California in Probate, Estate Planning, and Elder Law. Ms. Rice administered her first trust in 1996 and since that time has been responsible for the administration of hundreds more. A few of those trusts have been insolvent and quite a few have had assets valued at more than one million dollars, with the majority somewhere in between. One trust administration is never quite like the one before, and with each one she learned a bit more about trust administration. The result is that she has become quite accomplished in the many details of administering trusts. Ms. Rice believes that most trustees, if provided with a step by step guide and sample forms, can administer a trust with minimal professional assistance.


Every Californian's Guide To Estate Planning

Every Californian's Guide To Estate Planning

Author: Liza W. Hanks

Publisher: Nolo

Published: 2022-01-01

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1413329381

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Finally, an Estate Planning Guide for Californians Every Californian’s Guide to Estate Planning helps you understand the basics of leaving money and property to loved ones and charities, and naming a guardian for children—with a special focus on issues unique to California, like: how community property rules affect inheritance and taxes how to minimize capital gains for those inheriting high value real estate legal and tax rules that apply to non-citizens and U.S. permanent residents important issues for international guardians, trustees, and executors how to understand the impact of “Prop 19,” and make sure your heirs don’t lose a low (“Prop 13”) property tax rate, and how to avoid California’s slow and expensive probate system through options such as transfer-on-death deeds. With Downloadable Worksheets Includes access to essential worksheets that help you get started on writing a will, preparing a trust, choosing a guardian, leaving money to kids, naming beneficiaries, choosing agents for your health care directive and power of attorney for finances, doing a personal inventory, and more. details inside.


Every Californian's Guide To Estate Planning

Every Californian's Guide To Estate Planning

Author: Liza W. Hanks

Publisher: Nolo

Published: 2024-01-30

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1413331459

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This one-of-a-kind guide covers everything from wills and living trusts to tax-saving strategies and issues that are unique to people who call California home.


Estate and Trust Administration For Dummies

Estate and Trust Administration For Dummies

Author: Margaret Atkins Munro

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-05-07

Total Pages: 439

ISBN-13: 1118412265

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Your plain-English guide to administering an estate and/or trust As more and more of the population reach senior ages—including baby boomers, many of whom do not have wills—an increasing number of people are being thrust into the role of executor, administrator, personal representative of an estate, or trustee of a trust after the death of a loved one. This updated edition of Estate & Trust Administration For Dummiesguides you through the confusing process of administering an estate and/or trust. Settling an estate and administering a trust can be complicated, messy, and time-consuming for individuals named as executor or trustee, most of whom have no previous experience with such matters. Estate & Trust Administration For Dummies shows you how to make sound decisions for your unique circumstances. Guides you through the confusing process of administering an estate and/or trust Provides expert advice on unfamiliar estate and trust tax law Gives you a practical checklist to follow for all of your estate and trust administration questions and concerns Whether you're looking for guidance on how to navigate the probate process and estate taxes, settle debts and bequests, fund a trust, comply with tax regulations, or anything in between, this hands-on, friendly guide takes away the mystery and provides detailed answers to all of your estate and trust administration questions.


Every Californian's Guide to Estate Planning

Every Californian's Guide to Estate Planning

Author: Liza W. Hanks

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781413327151

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Estate planning books often fall into two categories: Those that are overwhelming and full of jargon, focusing on strategies to avoid taxes, or those that provide a general overview of wills, trusts, and estate planning tools and issues at a basic level. Every Californian's Guide to Estate Planning is different: It focuses on estate planning issues that are unique to people who call California home.


The Trustee's Legal Companion

The Trustee's Legal Companion

Author: Liza Hanks

Publisher: Nolo

Published: 2021-03-30

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1413328377

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You're the trustee. Now what? Living trusts are popular estate planning tools, but when you’re chosen to serve as a trustee, you might wonder where to begin. The Trustee’s Legal Companion has everything you need to get organized, get started, and get the job done. You’ll learn how to: decide whether to take on the job of trustee set up ongoing trusts for surviving spouses, children, or beneficiaries with special needs invest trust assets get help from lawyers, financial planners, and other experts handle taxes and prepare accountings, and work effectively with beneficiaries, and distribute trust property. The authors—attorneys who have helped many a bewildered trustee—show you, step by step, how to administer a living trust with confidence.