Download or read book The Handbook to Wills Funerals and Probate written by Theodore E. Hughes and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the legal and financial aspects of wills, including probate, taxes, estate closing, and funeral considerations.
Download or read book Rest Assured written by Rosemary Long and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-06 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixth edition
Download or read book The Executor s Handbook written by Theodore E. Hughes and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Executor's Handbook, Third Edition is a step-by-step guide to settling an estate for personal representatives, administrators, and beneficiaries.
Download or read book The Executor s Handbook written by Theodore E. Hughes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers say it best: "This book covers all aspects of estate settlement in a complete and thorough manner.", "The book is written in easy-to-understand terms, with lots of good practical advice.", "I actually bought it to place in my file cabinet along with my Trust documents, Living Will and other documents", "We liked it so much, I bought this book for a friend who was handling a new estate." Acting as the executor, representative, or administrator of an estate is a complicated and time-consuming task, not only in an administrative sense but often in an emotional sense as well. The Executor’s Handbook, Fourth Edition is a comprehensive guide for readers who need help understanding the basics of the procedures that settle an estate. In practical and straightforward language, it covers all aspects of estate administration, including funeral arrangements, organ donation, administering probate, dealing with the deceased's assets and liabilities, and personal representative's compensation. You will understand not only your responsibilities but the responsibilities of those who will be assisting you. Tables of state income tax rates, intestacy laws, and state-by-state probate requirements are also included, and a glossary, index, and list of recommended works complete this handbook.
Download or read book What to Do When a Loved One Dies written by Eva Shaw and published by . This book was released on 2005-06 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an all-encompassing approach to grief management, assists with every detail, from the daily realities to the long-term adjustments. - Immediate action to take, the death certificate, organ donation, autopsy, transporting the body; Understanding your options for funerals and memorial services, costs, contracts, etc.; Coping with the emotional upheaval from the death of a parent, spouse, child, etc.; Living through suicide, homicide, still birth, death from a terminal illness, etc.; Where to find emotional support and how to work through grief; The practical matters of trusts, wills, probate, and estates, taxes, etc.; When death occurs away from home.
Download or read book Final Rights written by Joshua Slocum and published by Square One Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 771 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Josh Slocum and Lisa Carlson are the two most prominent advocates of consumer rights in dealing with the death industry. Here they combine efforts to inform consumers of their rights and propose long-needed reforms. Slocum is executive director of Funeral Consumers Alliance, a national nonprofit with over 90 local affiliates nationwide. Carlson is executive director of Funeral Ethics Organization, which works with the industry to try to improve ethical standards. In addition to nationwide issues, the book covers state-by-state information needed by anybody who wishes to take charge of funeral arrangements for a loved one, with or without the help of a funeral director. More information about the book and related issues can be found at www.finalrights.org .
Download or read book The Executor s Guide written by Mary Randolph and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Death Is No Excuse written by David Baker and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death Is No Excuse is an insightful roadmap through the legal potholes of unplanned death and disability, offered by a veteran attorney who's handled the worst of these cases for over forty years. It's a plain-spoken, surprisingly entertaining guide to everything you need to know about planning for death or disability, as well as other calamities that can occur along the way, be they divorce, avoidable tax burdens or getting ripped off as you toddle into old age.
Download or read book Inheriting Clutter written by Julie Hall and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day, hundreds of adult children become middle-aged orphans when their elderly parents pass away. . .but what should you do with what they’ve left behind? Professional estate liquidator Julie Hall provides essential guidance for any executor, heir, or beneficiary. You’ve heard the horror stories: arguments over stuff, an inheritance lost forever when easily deceived parents are scammed, siblings estranged, an adult heir taken from daily responsibilities for months because of the enormous task of clearing out a childhood home. It doesn’t have to be that way. The Estate Lady, professional estate liquidator Julie Hall, knows what to do. Whether your parents are still living or you’re caught in the middle of a crisis, Inheriting Clutter has solutions. Hall provides trustworthy counsel on how to: Divide your parents’ estate with peace of mind Minimize fighting with siblings during the estate settlement process Clear out the family home in thirty days or less Identify potential items of value in the home Have “that conversation” with your parents Prepare your own children for the future The Estate Lady offers guidance for any executor, heir, or beneficiary, sharing some of her most fascinating stories as well as helpful checklists of the things that need to be done now and at the time of your loss. Inheriting Clutter gives you practical, effective steps for liquidating and distributing your parents’ assets in a way that both honors them and promotes family harmony for generations to come.
Download or read book Life After 60 Yes written by John Alva Morford and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-11 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are one of America's 77 million baby boomers, you are or soon will be facing choices that can make the difference between enjoying or just enduring this third stage of your life. Time to treasure family and friends, to acquire new skills and expand knowledge, to find new pleasures and savor familiar ones, to deepen your spiritual life-these are the possibilities that open up as you move into your sixties. To make the most of this time means making thoughtful choices about your physical and mental health, your work life, your relationships, your finances, your approach to every aspect of your life. Life After 60? Yes! offers advice from experts, real-life examples, and a wealth of resources to help you make these years gratifying and fulfilling. It explores: the importance of relationships deciding whether and when to retire maintaining your health, both physical and mental financial planning issues wills, insurance and other personal management choices choices for using your time well building meaning in your life
Download or read book My Wishes written by Benjamin Berkley and published by SphinxLegal. This book was released on 2006 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Wishes is a practical guide to planning for the inevitable-offering information, sample forms and resource contacts. It provides solutions to the questions all of us think about but do not discuss.
Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Wills and Estates written by Stephen Maple and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yours"re no idiot, of course. You know itrs"s important to get your affairs in order, and yours"re working on it. Really. But when you try to figure out how all the new tax laws affect you, you feel like yours"re headed for an early grave.... Take control of your financial life-and afterlife! Pick up The Complete Idiotrs"s Guidereg; to Wills and Estates, Second Edition, and discover how easy estate planning can be. In this newly updated and revised Complete Idiotrs"s Guidereg;, you get: --An idiot-proof introduction to recent changes in estate- planning rules and tax laws. --Practical advice on choosing whether a trust or will is better for you. --Simple strategies for navigating probate and the court system. --Information on planning for special situations such as minor children, bankruptcy, weddings, ex-spouses, grandchildren, college funds, and more!
Download or read book Estate Planning Basics written by Denis Clifford and published by NOLO. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Covers the basics of estate planning, including wills, trusts, and health care directives. It prepares readers to start planning their estate, with or without an attorney. The 6th edition is updated with the latest laws and tax information"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book The Survivor s Guide written by V. K. Thornton and published by Silver Lake Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thornton brings more than a decade of experience in human resources and financial education to an extremely emotional issue--that of what a person needs to know when someone close to them dies.
Download or read book The Complete Book of Wills Estates and Trusts written by Alexander A. Bove and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2005-12-27 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best legal guide to wills and estates—with more than 80,000 copies sold—now updated to cover the current asset protection options and estate laws Whether grappling with modest or extensive assets, The Complete Book of Wills, Estates, and Trusts has long been the indispensable guide for protecting an estate for loved ones. In this completely revised third edition, updated to cover the latest changes in estate law, attorney Alexander A. Bove, Jr., clearly explains • how to use a will to avoid probate and legal complications • how trusts work and how to use trusts to save taxes • how to contest a will and how to avoid a contest • how to settle an estate or make a claim against one • how to establish a durable power of attorney • how to protect assets from creditors In his straightforward and humorous style, Bove shares easy-to-understand legal definitions, savvy advice on taxes, and pragmatic and simple sample forms, all illustrated with entertaining examples and actual cases. The Complete Book of Wills, Estates, and Trusts is the best guide available for defending your financial legacy
Download or read book A Practical Guide to the Law in Relation to Control of the Body After Death written by Nicola Phillipson and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-16 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disputes over control of a body or ashes, and the arrangements for funerals or headstones/memorials are not encountered on a daily basis in practice, but when they do appear, it is usually at the 11th hour, with clients needing advice at very short notice due to imminent burials or cremations. This practical guide aims to provide the busy practitioner with the knowledge required to provide advice so that the necessary steps can be taken quickly. The book covers the issues of who has the right to call for possession of the body, who can decide as to where bodies should be buried, ashes scatter or interred, and who has the final say over gravestones or memorials. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Nicola Phillipson TEP is a private client barrister at Parklane Plowden Chambers in Leeds whose practice encompasses probate and inheritance disputes. Nicola also sits as a Recorder and a Deputy District Judge on the North Eastern Circuit, and is a full member of STEP (Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners). In 2020 Nicola was recognised as a Leading Junior by Legal 500 and was ranked in Band 2 in Chambers and Partners. CONTENTS Introduction 1. Possession of the Body 2. The Duty to Properly Dispose of a Body 3. Applications to the Court (Practice and Procedure) 4. Applications to the Court (Factors for the Court to Consider) 5. Funeral and Disposal Disputes 6. Ashes and Cremation 7. Exhumation of Bodies and Ashes 8. Headstones and Memorials 9. Costs
Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Wills and Estates written by Stephen M. Maple and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Marketing Blurb
