The Executor’s Guide: Settling A Loved One’s Estate or Trust

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The step-by-step guide to serving as an executor

Settle an estate or trust with this all-in-one guide for executors.  The Executor’s Guide will help you make progress, one step at a time, through the unfamiliar land of legal procedures and terminology.  It explains how to:

  • figure out who inherits property
  • claim life insurance, Social Security, and other benefits
  • understand a will
  • determine whether or not probate is necessary
Description

A roadmap to follow

If you need to wrap up the affairs of a loved one who has died, you may feel overwhelmed—especially when you’re grieving. 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.

“Explains how to find state-specific information, and an appendix sorts legalities by state.”Miami Herald

“Covers the gamut of estate chores and helps you get through them.”Kiplinger’s Retirement Report

ISBN

9781413324808
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Brand

Nolo

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