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The most comprehensive -- yet easy to read -- guide to estate
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Plan Your Estate covers everything from the basics
of wills and living trusts to sophisticated tax-saving strategies.
The authors give you straightforward, plain-English explanations
of every significant estate-planning option available, so you
can make the best decisions for you and those you love.
The book covers:
- wills
- probate and how to avoid it
- living trusts
- property-control trusts
- naming guardians for children
- leaving property to children
- estate taxes and how to reduce them
- living wills (health care directives)
- financial powers of attorney
- final arrangements
- strategies for business owners
- and much more.
Table of Contents
Introduction: How to Use This Book
- A. How This Book Works
- B. Will You Need Professional Help?
- C. Other Resources
Part I: Setting Your Goals
1. Selecting Your Estate Planning Goals
- Part I: Setting Your Goals
- Part II: Laying the Groundwork
- Part III: Children
- Part IV: Wills
- Part V: Probate and How to Avoid It
- Part VI: Understanding Estate and Gift Taxes
- Part VII: Reducing or Eliminating Estate Taxes
- Part VIII: Imposing Controls Over Property
- Part IX: Taking Care of Personal Issues
- Part X: Family Business Estate Planning
- Part XI: Going Further
- Part XII: Sample Estate Plans
2. Personal Concerns and Estate Planning
- A. Avoiding Conflict
- B. Leaving Unequal Amounts of Property to Children
- C. Providing Care for Minor Children
- D. Subsequent Marriages
- E. Long-Term Care for a Child With Special Needs
- F. Concerns of Unmarried Couples
- G. Worries About the Effect of Inheriting Money
- H. Disinheriting People, Including Children
- I. Communicating Your Decisions to Family and Friends
Part II: Laying the Groundwork
3. Special Property Ownership Rules for Married People
- A. What You Need to Know
- B. Marital Property in Community Property States
- C. Marital Property in Common Law States
- D. Moving to a Different State
4. Inventorying Your Property
- A. Instructions for the Property Inventory Worksheet
- B. Your Property Worksheet
5. Your Beneficiaries
- A. Types of Beneficiaries
- B. Primary Beneficiaries
- C. Life Estate Beneficiaries and Final Beneficiaries
- D. Alternate Beneficiaries
- E. Residuary Beneficiaries
- F. Gifts Shared by More Than One Beneficiary
- G. Establishing a Survivorship Period
- H. Explanations and Commentary Accompanying Gifts
- I. Disinheritance
- J. Simultaneous Death
- K. Property You Give Away by Will or Trust That You
No Longer Own at Your Death
Part III: Children
6. Children
- A. Naming Someone to Take Custody of Your Minor Children
- B. Naming an Adult to Manage Your Child's Property
- C. How Your Children's Property Should Be Managed
- D. Tax Saving Educational Investment Plans
- E. Naming Children as Beneficiaries of Life Insurance
- F. Leaving Property to Children Who Are Not Your Own
- G. Disinheritance
- H. Children Conceived After a Parent Dies
Part IV: Wills
7. Wills
- A. A Will as the Centerpiece of Your Estate Plan
- B. A Backup Will With a Comprehensive Estate Plan
- C. What Makes a Will Legal?
- D. Types of Wills
- E. What Property Cannot Be Transferred by Will?
- F. Explanatory Letters Accompanying Your Will
- G. Can My Will Be Successfully Challenged?
- H. Keeping Your Will Up to Date
Part V: Probate and How to Avoid It
8. Probate and Why You Want to Avoid It
- A. What Is Probate?
- B. Probate Fees
- C. Avoiding Probate
- D. When You May Want Probate
- E. Debts, Taxes, and Probate Avoidance
- F. Probate Reform
9. Living Trusts
- A. Does Everyone Need a Living Trust?
- B. Living Trusts Explained
- C. Major Decisions in Creating a Living Trust
- D. Creating a Valid Living Trust
- E. Keeping Your Living Trust Up to Date
10. Joint Tenancy and Tenancy by the Entirety
- A. What Is Joint Tenancy?
- B. Joint Tenancy Bank Accounts
- C. Joint Tenancy Safe Deposit Boxes
- D. Tenancy by the Entirety
- E. Joint Tenancy in Community Property States
- F. Tax Concerns Affecting Joint Tenancy
- G. Drawbacks of Joint Tenancy
- H. When Joint Tenancy Makes Sense
- I. Creating a Joint Tenancy for Property With Documents
of Title
- J. Creating Joint Tenancy for Personal Property Without
Documents of Title
11. Pay-On-Death Designations: Bank Accounts, Securities,
Stocks and Bonds, Motor Vehicles
- A. Choosing Beneficiaries
- B. Pay-on-Death Bank Accounts
- C. Naming a Pay-on-Death Beneficiary for Government
Securities
- D. Naming a Beneficiary for Stocks and Bonds
- E. Vehicle Registration
- F. Transfer-on-Death Deeds for Real Estate
12. Life Insurance
- A. Do You Need Life Insurance?
- B. Types of Life Insurance
- C. Life Insurance and Probate
- D. Choosing Life Insurance Beneficiaries
- E. Reducing Estate Tax by Transferring Ownership of
Life Insurance Policies
13. Retirement Benefits
- A. Social Security
- B. Individual Retirement Plans
- C. Pensions
- D. When You Retire
- E. Choosing Beneficiaries for Your Retirement Plans
- F. Using Disclaimers for Retirement Accounts
- G. Probate and Taxes
14. State Law Exemptions From Normal Probate
- A. Will Your Estate Qualify?
- B. Using These Rules to Plan
- C. Summary of State Law Exceptions to Normal Probate
- D. California Exemptions From Normal Probate
- E. New York Exemptions From Normal Probate
- F. Texas Exemptions From Normal Probate
- G. Florida Exemptions From Normal Probate
Part VI: Understanding Estate And Gift Taxes
15. Estate Taxes
- A. Federal Estate Tax Exemptions
- B. The Big Picture: Estate and Gift Taxes
- C. Will Your Estate Have to Pay Taxes?
- D. Calculating and Paying Estate Taxes
- E. Reducing Federal Estate Taxes
- F. The Federal Income Tax Basis of Inherited Property
- G. State Inheritance and Estate Taxes
16. Gifts and Gift Taxes
- A. The Federal Gift Tax: An Overview
- B. What Is a Gift?
- C. How Federal Gift Tax Works
- D. Using Gifts to Reduce Estate Taxes
- E. When Not to Give Property Away: Tax Basis Rules
- F. Using Gifts to Reduce Income Taxes
Part VII: Reducing or Eliminating Estate Taxes
17. An Overview of Ongoing Trusts
- A. Trusts to Reduce Estate Taxes
- B. Ongoing Trusts Used to Control Property
- C. Ongoing Trusts and Avoiding Probate
- D. What Ongoing Trusts Can't Do
- E. When Ongoing Trusts Begin and End
- F. The Trustee
- G. Taxation of Ongoing Trusts
18. Estate Tax-Saving Bypass Trusts
- A. Overview of Bypass Trusts
- B. IRS Restrictions on Bypass Trusts
- C. AB Trusts: Bypass Trusts for Married Couples
- D. Bypass Trusts for Unmarried People
19. Other Estate Tax-Saving Marital Trusts
- A. QTIP Trusts
- B. Trusts for Noncitizen Spouses: QDOTs
- C. Marital Deduction Trusts
20. Charitable Trusts
- A. An Overview of Charitable Trusts
- B. The Income Tax Deduction
- C. A Closer Look at Charitable Remainder Trusts
- D. A Closer Look at Charitable Lead Trusts
- E. Types of Charitable Trusts: A Comparison
21. Other Estate Tax-Saving Trusts
- A. Generation-Skipping Trusts (GSTT Trusts)
- B. Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts
- C. Grantor-Retained Interest Trusts: GRATs, GRUTs, and
GRITs
22. Disclaimers: After-Death Estate Tax Planning
- A. Advantages of Disclaimers
- B. Couples and Disclaimers
- C. IRS Rules for Disclaimers
- D. Disclaimers and Living Trusts
- 23. Combining Estate Tax-Saving Trusts
- A. Combining Two Estate Tax-Saving Trusts
- B. Combining a Charitable Trust With Other Estate Tax-Saving
Trusts
- C. Combining Three Different Estate Tax-Saving Trusts
- D. Using Ongoing Trusts and Gift-Giving to Reduce Estate
Tax
- Part VIII: Imposing Controls Over Property
24. Property Control Trusts for Second or Subsequent Marriages
- A. Evaluating Your Situation
- B. How a Marital Property Control Trust Works
- C. Restricting the Surviving Spouse's Rights Over Trust
Property
- D. The Role of the Trustee
- E. Savings on Estate Taxes
- F. Working With a Lawyer
25. Trusts and Other Devices for Imposing Controls Over
Property
- A. Educational Trusts
- B. Trusts for People With Special Needs
- C. Spendthrift Trusts
- D. Sprinkling Trusts
- E. Trusts to Manage Your Own Property
- F. Powers of Appointment
- G. Combining a Property Control Trust With Estate Tax-Saving
Trusts
Part IX: Taking Care of Personal Issues
26. Incapacity: Making Medical and Financial Decisions
- A. Medical Decisions
- B. Financial Decisions
- C. Guardianships and Conservatorships
27. Body and Organ Donation, Funerals, And Burials
- A. Making Your Own Choices
- B. Leaving Written Instructions
- C. Donating Your Body or Organs
- D. Death Notices
- E. Services and Ceremonies Following a Death
- F. Funerals
- G. Cremation
- H. Burials
Part X: Family Business Estate Planning
28. Family Business Estate Planning
- A. Operation of the Business
- B. Reducing Estate Taxes
- C. Avoiding Probate of a Family Business
Part XI: Going Further
29. Using Lawyers
- A. Hiring a Lawyer
- B. Doing Your Own Research
30. After You Complete Your Estate Plan
- A. Storing Your Estate Planning Documents
- B. Revising Your Estate Plan
31. After a Death Occurs
- A. Wills
- B. Probate-Avoidance Living Trusts
- C. Ongoing Trusts for Estate Tax Savings or Property
Management
- D. Preparing and Filing Tax Returns
- E. Trustee's Reports to Beneficiaries
- F. Collecting the Proceeds of a Life Insurance Policy
- G. Obtaining Title to Joint Tenancy Property
Part XII: Sample Estate Plans
32. Some Estate Plans
- A. A Prosperous Couple in Their 60s and 70s
- B. A Wealthy Couple in Their 70s
- C. A Single Man in His 60s
- D. A Younger Couple
- E. A Single Woman in Her 30s
- F. A Widow in Her 80s
- G. A Couple in Their 60s, in a Second Marriage
- H. An Unmarried Couple in Their 40s
Glossary
Appendix: State Inheritance Tax Rules
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