[PDF] Skip Probate eBook

Author : Ronald Farrington Sharp
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 13,19 MB
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1621537315

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Learn how to prepare your estate and avoid costly mistakes Want to avoid probate? Gleaned from his forty-four years as an estate attorney, Sharp describes the probate process and the many reasons why it should be your last resort in estate settlement methods in How to Avoid Probate for Everyone. Living trusts are important, but there are many alternatives to using a living trust for probate avoidance. These alternatives are explained step-by-step as Sharp delves into the details. Examples of such approaches include: While state laws vary, most allow for expedited procedures for low-value estates without having to create a trust. There are a dozen different ways of leaving assets to heirs automatically at death. Special types of deeds allow you to keep control of your real estate during lifetime yet transfer it to heirs automatically at death. There are several ways of titling vehicles that allow heirs to get them without court procedures. Beneficiary designations on bank and investment accounts keep them out of your probate estate. Joint ownership of accounts and real estate can solve inheritance problems. Common myths and misconceptions about estates and probate are debunked. Trusts are covered in detail, including a section on must-use trust provisions to cover common complications and showing how a trust can easily resolve these. Joint and single trusts are examined and issues, such as how to handle personal property items, are suggested. (For instance, who gets the piano?) By avoiding probate court-supervised adult guardianship and conservatorship, families can avoid embarrassing and time-consuming incompetency hearings in court. Samples of the described documents are also included to give the reader an idea of what the paperwork actually looks like. Sharp’s matter-of-fact explanations will prepare any reader to take the necessary steps to prepare their estate with confidence and avoid probate.

Author : Mary Randolph
Publisher : NOLO
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 29,96 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781413308570

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Suggests methods for avoiding probate court, including setting up payable-on-death bank accounts, naming a beneficiary for retirement accounts, registering stocks in transfer-on-death forms, and creating a living trust.

Author : Mary Randolph
Publisher : Nolo
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 27,49 MB
Release : 2024-04-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 1413331718

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Want to save your family money and hassle? Read this book! Probate court proceedings after a death can drag out and cost tens of thousands of dollars in attorney and court fees—money that would otherwise have gone directly to your loved ones. This topselling guide shows you the most effective ways to skip the probate process: • name payable-on-death beneficiaries for financial accounts • own property jointly • leave real estate with transfer-on-death deeds • use a living trust • name the right beneficiaries for IRAs, 401(k)s, and other retirement plans, and • use probate shortcuts for small estates. Completely updated, this edition includes the latest state laws on probate avoidance methods, and covers all the estate-related impacts of the recent changes to federal rules on retirement distributions.

Author : Karen Ann Rolcik
Publisher : SphinxLegal
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 22,19 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Estate planning
ISBN : 157248165X

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Explains various ways to avoid the probate court system when passing your estate on to your family

Author : Mary Randolph
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,22 MB
Release : 2006
Category :
ISBN : 9786610474653

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Please note that this edition is now out of print and has been replaced by the 7th edition, also available through MyiLibrary ... Attorney Mary Randolph details eight key strategies to avoiding the probate money pit, including how to: * set up payable-on-death bank accounts* name a beneficiary for retirement accounts* register stocks & bonds, and vehicles, in transfer-on-death forms* hold property in joint ownership* take advantage of special procedures for small estates* create a living trust* give away property nowIncludes worksheets and sample letters, as well as state-by-state charts that pinpoint which strategies are viable in each state.*Recommended by Modern Maturity*Book of the Month Club selection

Author : Gudrun Maria Nickel
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 48,62 MB
Release : 2006-02-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 1572485582

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#1 Florida Probate Book SIMPLIFY SETTLING AN ESTATE Settling a loved one's estate - whether a will is present or not - is not difficult, but it is filled with legal technicalities you have to know. Probate and Settle an Estate in Florida clarifies all of these rules and takes you through the process in an easy-to-understand fashion. Let it help you put this trying time behind you . LEARN HOW TO: Navigate Through the Probate Process End Claims Made by Creditors Prioritize Your Responsibilities to the Estate Close an Estate with No Will READY-TO-GO FORMS with Step-by-Step Instructions ESSENTIAL DOCUMENTS YOU NEED TO: Protect your family Distribute property Resolve tax-related matters Finalize outstanding issues And much more. "Their legal survival guides are dynamite and very readable." - Small Business Opportunities "Explaining the way the law works." - Daily Herald "Sphinx [legal guides] are staples of legal how-to collections." - Library Journal

Author : Ronald Farrington Sharp
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 49,56 MB
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 1621535703

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Readers say it best: "Very informative." "Saved me a lot of money and headaches!" "Recommend it for everyone who has to plan estates for their elderly parents" Living Trusts for Everyone is the best resource for setting up a living trust. Explaining in specific terms what benefits a trust will have, Ronald Farrington Sharp gives the tools necessary to set up a loved one’s trust with no lawyers and no expense. Wills benefit lawyers. Trusts benefit the clients. Too often lawyers sell wills to clients only to sit back and wait to sell their probate services to their clients’ heirs. Ronald Farrington Sharp describes the best way to handle modern estate planning and details the many advantages trusts have over wills in not only eliminating probate but in also protecting your assets for your heirs. Sharp explains why legal services are not needed to do the clerical work in settling a trust after death. This updated edition includes new information on an array of subjects, including: Elimination of the federal estate tax for most estates due to increased exemption amounts Online assets The use of passwords, usernames, and websites Keeping trustees honest and the process of removing trustees for malfeasance Forms for simplifying the planning process Strategies to lower attorneys’ fees With no legal jargon, just step-by-step instructions and sample form letters, Living Trusts for Everyone takes the mystery out of the process of setting up a trust.