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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 | |