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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| First Steps | |
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| Why You Should Plan Your Estate: How You Can Save Money and Be Sure You've Done It Right | |
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| Getting Started: Don't Procrastinate | |
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| Transferring Property Without a Will: You Have Many Ways of Getting Money to People Without Fuss or Delay | |
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| Lots of Little "Wills": Your Guide to Will Substitutes | |
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| Life Insurance: An Old Standby Has Lots of Uses | |
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| Joint Tenancy: It's Easy and Cheap-but Watch Out for Pitfalls | |
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| Wills: What Should Be in Yours? | |
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| Wills 101: The Basics | |
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| What Goes in the Will: What to Put In and What to Leave Out | |
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| After the Will Is Written: Follow These Steps to Be Sure Your Will Does the Job | |
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| Trusts and Living Trusts: They Can Do a Lot-but They're Not for Everyone | |
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| How Trusts Work: A Quick Look at a Misunderstood Tool | |
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| Do You Need a Trust?: As Usual in the Law, It Depends | |
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| Living Trusts 101: The Basics | |
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| Setting Up a Living Trust: Your Guide to Doing It Right | |
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| Putting the Tools to Work: Some Tips for People with Particular Needs | |
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| Providing for the Kids: Tips for Every Age of Offspring | |
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| Married… With or Without Children: Most of Us Want to See That Our Spouse Is Taken Care of, but How? | |
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| Splitting Up: Divorce and Remarriage | |
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| Beyond Convention: No Two Families Are the Same | |
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| Estate Planning for Those with Chronic Illness | |
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| Estate Planning for Business Owners: The Law Gives You Lots of Options-but You Have to Use Them Well | |
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| Providing Income for Your Final Years: Estate Planning and Retirement | |
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| Controlling Costs in Your Final Years: Paying for Long-Term Care | |
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| Death and Taxes: Strategies for Holding On to As Much As You Can | |
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| Death and Taxes: Trying to Make Sense Out of Rules That Keep Changing | |
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| Tax Planning 101: Trusts | |
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| Tax Planning 102: The Benefits of Living Gifts and Life Insurance | |
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| When You Can't Make the Decision: Confronting Your Biggest Fear Now Can Make a Big Difference Later | |
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| Delegating Decisions: Advance Directives | |
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| Planning for End-of-Life Decisions: Living Wills and Organ Donation | |
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| Putting the Plan into Action After Your Death: Steps You Can Take Now to Help Your Survivors | |
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| Easing the Burden on Your Family: There's a Lot You Can Do to Help-Now | |
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| Choosing the Executor: Some Tips on Getting the Right Person | |
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| Trustees: You Can Choose a Person or a Company to Get the Job Done | |
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| Probate: A Quick Primer on How It's Done | |
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| Where Do You Go From Here? | |
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| Estate-Planning Checklist | |
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| Sample Basic Will (Annotated) | |
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| Health-Care Advance Directive | |
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| Index | |