Practical Guide to Estate Planning provides an overview of estate planning, offering the widest variety of discussion on planning principles and tools from the simple to the sophisticated. This book is not lacking in detail, witnessed by its well-annotated collection of forms that will appeal to many experienced estate planners. The layout of this book reflects its emphasis on simplicity and clarity. It is divided into four major sections, the first of which provides a general view of the estate planning process.
Presents a comprehensive guide on understanding and preparing wills and trusts for parents of young children, describing the process of selecting a guardian, buying life insurance, designating powers of attorney, and choosing beneficiaries.
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Taking the complexity of the law of Estate Planning and making it understandable to the rest of us, in The Estate Planning Companion, attorney Mark T. Coulter shows you a method to approach estate planning in order to manage your assets in life and thereafter, while bringing peace of mind to you and your family. Intended to bridge the communication gap between lawyers and their clients, The Estate Planning Companion explains in straightforward language a full range of topics every responsible adult should consider about their life, assets and affairs. Includes Living Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Letters of Instruction, Wills, Trusts, Life Insurance, Living Wills, Long Term Care Insurance, Medicaid nursing home planning, Probate and Asset Inventories for you and your family. Learn why you can't rely on fill-in-the blank forms or internet-only lawyers. Whether you are just starting out, mid-career, or in retirement now, this information will help you make the best planning decisions.
Anderson's Ohio Probate Practice & Procedure is published in a three volume, easy to use format. Annually revised & fully annotated, this set remains the most thorough & useful authority on Ohio probate law, practice & procedure. Volume One consists of comprehensive, annotated text discussing every aspect of probate procedure in chronological order detailing every move the practitioner will need to follow in Outlines of Procedure. Volume Two includes new & revised Standard Probate Forms & Estate Tax Forms, as well as Bulletins. Also included are a complete set of forms on topics not covered by standard forms. The handbook contains relevent parts of Title 21 & related titles of Page's Ohio Revised Code Annotated. Also included are the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio governing probate court procedures. Each volume contains a comprehensive index to the entire set for faster, more efficient research. Text & form coverage includes: * Adoptions * Estates * Trusts * Guardianships * Care & treatment for the mentally handicapped.
A lawyer and venture capitalist provides a complete, practical guide for dealing with the concrete details surrounding the death of a loved one, from funeral and estate planning to navigating the complexities of online identities. Scott Taylor Smith, a venture capitalist and lawyer, had plentiful resources, and yet after his mother died, he made a series of agonizing and costly mistakes in squaring away her affairs. He could find countless books that dealt with caring for the dying and the emotional fallout of death, but very few that dealt with the logistics. In the aftermath of his mother’s death, Smith decided to write the book he wished he’d had. When Someone Dies provides readers with a crucial framework for making good, informed, money-saving decisions in the chaotic thirty days after a loved one dies and beyond. It provides essential, concrete guidance on: • Making funeral and memorial service arrangements • Writing an obituary • Estate planning • Contacting family and friends • Handling your loved one’s online footprint • Navigating probate • Dealing with finances, including trusts and taxation • And much, much more Featuring concise checklists in each chapter, this guide offers answers to practical questions, enabling loved ones to save time and money and focus on healing.
