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    Plan Your Estate
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    Plan Your Estate

    By Denis Clifford

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    About this ebook

    Straightforward, plain English explanations of every significant estate planning option available, all in easy to understand language.

    Nolo's bestseller Plan Your Estate shows how to:

  • avoid probate
  • leave property through a will or trust
  • use life insurance to provide for your loved ones
  • name a guardian for children
  • leave property to a young person
  • plan for incapacity
  • implement strategies specific to business owners
  • reduce estate taxes
  • make final arrangements

    The 12th edition is completely revised with the latest federal and state laws, including updated information about estate and gift taxes and how recent changes in the law affect estate planning for same sex spouses.
    • LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNOLO
    Release dateApr 1, 2014
    ISBN9781413320190
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    Plan Your Estate
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    Denis Clifford

    Denis Clifford, a graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was an editor of The Law Review, is a lawyer who specializes in estate planning. He is the author of many Nolo titles, including Quick and Legal Will Book, Make Your Own Living Trust and Plan Your Estate and coauthor of A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples. He has been interviewed by such major media as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Money Magazine.

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    • 5/5
      The tenth edition of NOLO's "Plan Your Estate" is required reading for anyone who expects to die (no matter how far away that day may be). Surely each of us has something that we expect to leave behind - be it a faithful dog or a Hawaiian estate. Denis Clifford's 539 page volume gives the average person a good idea how things will fall out both with and without advance planning. The book is divided into twelve parts covering topics such as Goals, Groundwork, Children, Wills, Probate, Taxes; included in those are thirty-two well-indexed chapters dealing with issues such as Social Security, Trusts, Former Spouses and so on. Clifford's book gives a general explanation of each topic, but nothing can be treated in depth in a volume this short. "Plan Your Estate" is not a substitute for visiting an attorney with specific questions and having her create a will to your particular needs. But this is a great place to start and get a good idea of what you may require. The bottom line: Five Stars. "Plan Your Estate" is easy to understand and use but not a substitute for legal advice.