The executor's guide : settling a loved one's estate or trust / Mary Randolph, J.D.
If you need to wrap up the affairs of a loved one who has died, you may feel overwhelmed--especially when you're grieving. But you can do it, and this book will show you how.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781413324808
- ISBN: 1413324800
- Physical Description: 505 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition: 8th edition.
- Publisher: Berkeley, California : Nolo, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
General Note: | ISSN: 1939-6880. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part I: Getting ready. Overview -- If you're asked to be an executor or trustee -- Part II: First steps. The first week -- The first month --Claiming life insurance, Social Security, and other benefits -- Part III: Taking care of the estate. Making sense of the will -- If there's no will -- Taking inventory -- Managing assets and paying bills -- Caring for children and their property -- Taxes -- Part IV: Transferring property. Property that doesn't go through probate -- Transferring joint tenancy and other survivorship property -- Transferring community property -- Claiming money in retirement plans -- Claiming payable-on-death assets -- Special procedures for small estates -- The regular probate process -- Part V: Handling trusts. Wrapping up a simple living trust -- Managing a child's trust -- Part VI: Getting more help -- Finding more information -- Lawyers and other experts -- Glossary -- Appendixes. State information -- How to use the downloadable forms on the Nolo website. |
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Subject: | Executors and administrators > United States. Trusts and trustees > United States. Executors and administrators. Trusts and trustees. United States. |
Genre: | Law for laypersons. Law for laypersons. Law for laypersons. |
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The Executor's Guide : Settling a Loved One's Estate or Trust
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The Executor's Guide : Settling a Loved One's Estate or Trust
If you need to wrap up the affairs of a loved one who has died, you may feel overwhelmed--especially when you're grieving. But you can do it, and this book will show you how. A roadmap to follow. The Executor's Guide will lead you through an unfamiliar land of legal procedures and terminology. You'll learn what to do right away and what can wait. Find help on: preparing for the job of executor or trustee claiming life insurance, Social Security, and other benefits making sense of a will (and what to do if there is no will) how to determine whether probate is necessary filing taxes probate court proceedings dealing with family members handling simple trusts, and working with lawyers, appraisers, accountants, and other experts. The 8th edition contains updated tables outlining key points of each state's laws. Applies in all states except Louisiana.