This book is designed to help the reader quickly and easily make his or her own will without the expense or delay of hiring a lawyer. It includes information on distributing property, appointing guardians for children and making anatomical gifts. New to this edition is information on durable powers of attorney for health care and for finance and general information on estate planning. Easy-to-use, blank tear-out forms, a thorough index, glossary and state-by-state laws regarding wills make this book a crucial resource for all of us.
A New York Times correspondent shares his financial successes and mishaps, offering an everyman's guide to straightening out your money once and for all. Money management is one of our most practical survival skills—and also one we've convinced ourselves we're either born with or not. In reality, financial planning can be learned, like anything else. Part financial memoir and part research-based guide to attaining lifelong security, This Is the Year I Put My Financial Life in Order is the book that everyone who has never wanted to read a preachy financial guide has been waiting for. John Schwartz and his wife, Jeanne, are pre-retirement workers of an economic class well above the poverty line, but well below the one percent. Sharing his own alternately harrowing and hilarious stories—from his brush with financial ruin and bankruptcy in his thirties to his short-lived budgeted diet of cafeteria french fries and gravy—John will walk you through his own journey to financial literacy, which he admittedly started a bit late. He covers everything from investments to retirement and insurance to wills (at fifty-eight, he didn't have one!), medical directives and more. Whether you're a college grad wanting to start out on the right foot or you're approaching retirement age and still wondering what a 401(K) is, This Is the Year I Put My Financial Life in Order will help you become your own best financial adviser.
A last will and testament allows you to specify who your assets will pass to following your death, make property management arrangements for young beneficiaries, appoint guardians, forgive debts, and more. This self-help legal kit includes step-by-step instructions, detailed information and all the legal forms necessary to prepare your own last will and testament without the need or expense of hiring a lawyer. ✔ Prepare a legal will in minutes. ✔ Step-by-step instructions. ✔ Lawyer approved legal kit. ✔ Valid in all states (except Louisiana). ✔ See below for a full product description. Create Your Will in Minutes. If you die without making a valid last will and testament, you will have died intestate. You will then have no control over who your property is distributed to or even who takes care of your children following your death. Both of these matters will be determined by state laws which are often decades old. There is also the added risk that your estate could be substantially depleted due to the high levels of legal and professional fees associated with dying intestate. Making a last will and testament is the only way to ensure that you have control over these matters and that you can properly provide for the needs of your family. This self-help kit provides you with step-by-step instructions, detailed information and all the legal forms necessary to make a will and to ensure that your property passes to your loved ones after your death. ✔ Make cash and specific property gifts to your loved ones. ✔ Appoint guardians to care for your minor children. ✔ Appoint executors to wind up your estate. ✔ Create trusts for minor beneficiaries. ✔ Make funeral arrangements.
The New York Times bestselling true story of an all-American girl and a boy from Zimbabwe and the letter that changed both of their lives forever. It started as an assignment... Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place. Martin was lucky to even receive a pen-pal letter. There were only ten letters, and fifty kids in his class. But he was the top student, so he got the first one. That letter was the beginning of a correspondence that spanned six years and changed two lives. In this compelling dual memoir, Caitlin and Martin recount how they became best friends—and better people—through their long-distance exchange. Their story will inspire you to look beyond your own life and wonder about the world at large and your place in it.
No one wants to contemplate their own death, but for your own peace of mind, it makes sense to create a will even when you're in the healthy and thriving portion of your life. With a will, you can rest easy knowing that the people you love will be cared for should there be an unexpected death. Once you create a will, it's also possible to make adjustments as needed, therefore guaranteeing that your will reflects your intent at any given portion of time. What you'll learn... The Fundamentals of Writing a Will Essential Information to Include in Your Will Keeping the Costs of Will-Writing Low Common Mistakes to Avoid Other Functions of a Will Regularly Updating Your Will Much, much more! A will is different from a living will, power of attorney or personal directive, which spells out the level of medical treatment you want to receive before you die, and who has the authority to manage your legal and financial affairs.
Written in easy-to-read language with dozens of real-life examples, this book provides important information about mediation, arbitration, small claims court, and civil court procedures, and includes a chapter on working with a lawyer.
Do You Want To Create Your Will But Have No Idea How To? Are You Aware Of How Important A Will Is? Know That Life Is Incredibly Uncertain And You Never Know What Happens? Wills are something of a mystery to many people. I know many people who avoid this topic because they think that it is a taboo to talk about writing a Will while they are still healthy. However, you should be very cautious about saying this because you never know what would happen. The Importance Of Will WritingWill writing has gained increased importance because many people now understand how troublesome it would be for their loved ones if they were to suddenly pass away. Imagine if you are the sole breadwinner in your family. What happens if you suddenly pass on? It would be difficult for your entire family. You have to consider estate planning, wills and trust as early as possible to ensure that your loved ones are protected. Will writing is something you definitely need to consider immediately.In Why Anyone Should Have A Will and The Dangers Of Not Having A Will, you learn exactly why having a Will is so important. You also learn the other purposes of creating a Will in The Purpose Of Drawing Up A Will. Having a Will is more than just protecting your loved ones. There are untold benefits for you too. How To Write A WillYou can write your own will! With the proper knowledge, you can write one by your own. In Will Writing - How To Write A Will Easily, you would learn the basics of will writing. It covers many areas like What A Will Would Generally Contain and The Basics Of Will Writing. These chapters allows you to know what a Will should contain. You also learn how to review and update your Will, if needed. Not Only About How To Write A Will, You Also Need To Ensure It Is In Safe CustodyWriting your Will is only one part. You still need to ensure that you keep the Will in a safe place and to tell the right people. In Ensure That The Will Is In Safe Custody, you learn who to tell and where to keep your Will. You also know how to use Professional Will Custody Services. The Personal Representatives - Executor, Beneficiaries, TrusteesDo you know what an executor, beneficiary and trustee is? They are all important people in a Will. You have to choose them well. This guide would show you how to choose them, create a checklist and write a Will. In In The Event Of Death, you also learn what to do in different situations - the detailed procedures for each situation of death. In the final chapter, you have an excellent resource guide on the forms available for different estate planning and Wills purposes. Why You Should Prepare A Will As Fast As Possible?From experience, it can be said that life is a very uncertain journey. We all have loved ones which we want to ensure are safe from any contingency. Wills help us with it. Wills are the cheapest form of financial planning in the market. Although lawyers/attorney's fees are very expensive, with the right knowledge (from this book), you can definitely start to plan your Will now. Don't wait... You might only regret it. Will Writing - How To Write A Will Easily helps kickstart your financial plan for your loved ones.
Making a last will is the only way for you to take control over these matters and to properly provide for your loved ones. Enodare has taken its years of estate planning experience and created a simple book to guide you through the process of making a last will. It's called "Make Your Own Last Will & Testament". Make Your Own Last Will & Testament will provide you with all you need to make your own customized last will. You will learn about last wills, making gifts, executors, intestacy, probate, estate tax, and much more. We'll show you how to: easily make a valid last will & testament ; amend or revoke an existing last will & testament ; make cash and specific item gifts ; appoint executors to wind up your estate ; appoint guardians to care for your children ; provide for the management of property gifted to young beneficiaries ; make funeral arrangements; and much more.--publisher.
An I Weigh Book Club Pick “I have been a fan of Henry’s work for a long time and I’m excited for more people to see it.” —Jameela Jamil From the creator of Drawings of Dogs, a warmly illustrated and thoughtful examination of empathy and the necessity of being kinder The kindness we owe one another goes far beyond the everyday gestures of feeding someone else's parking meter--although it's important not to downplay those small acts. Kindness can also mean much more. In this timely, insightful guide, Henry James Garrett lays out the case for developing a strong, courageous, moral kindness, one that will help you fight cruelty and make the world a more empathetic place. So, how could a book possibly make you kinder? It would need to answer two questions: • Why are you kind at all? and, • Why aren't you kinder? In these pages, building on his academic studies in metaethics and using his signature-sweet animal cartoons, Henry James Garrett sets out to do just that, exploring the sources and the limitations of human empathy and the many ways, big and small, that we can work toward being our best and kindest selves for the people around us and the society we need to build.
