Estate Planning Basics

Denis Clifford

NOLO, Aug 12, 2015 - Law - 232 pages

This book provides concise, straightforward, and easy to read information about the major components of estate planning – without going into endless detail about arcane options that apply only to the wealthy. Topics include:

choosing beneficiaries

estate planning by parents with minor children

wills

living trusts

avoiding probate

trusts for people in second marriage

planning for incapacity

Best-selling Nolo author Denis Clifford uses plain-English to make these estate planning issues easy to understand, and he lets you know which tasks you can handle yourself, and when you’ll need a lawyer’s help.

About the author

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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Estate Planning Basics
• Author: Denis Clifford
• Edition: 8
• Publisher: NOLO, 2015
• ISBN: 1413321771, 9781413321777
• Length: 232 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Personal Finance / Retirement Planning; Law / Estates & Trusts; Law / Reference