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8 Ways to Avoid Probate

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Published: 4th May 2012
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Avoid probate and save time and money with these eight strategies

Probate can drag on for years, and can easily cost your family thousands of dollars -- money that would otherwise have gone to them. 8 Ways to Avoid Probate offers simple and effective methods for skipping the probate process so that property goes directly to the intended beneficiaries.

Your estate doesn't have to go through probate. You can avoid probate by creating a savvy estate plan, and 8 Ways to Avoid Probate shows you how. This book offers simple but effective methods to skip the entire process -- plus real-world examples of how others have used them. Find out about:

  • setting up payable-on-death accounts
  • naming beneficiaries, including children, institutions, and multiple beneficiaries
  • naming beneficiaries for retirement accounts, vehicles, real estate, and stocks and bonds
  • special procedures for small estates
  • holding property in joint ownership, and alternatives to joint ownership
  • using a living trust to avoid probate
  • making gifts of property and money

    This edition provides updates to estate and gift tax laws, updated 50-state tables on simplified probate, and additional information on how to bequeath real estate without probate -- 12 states now offer a special deed for just this purpose.

    • "The ninth updated edition of 8 Ways to Avoid Probate provides readers with solid advice on easy methods that can skip the probate process, from naming payable-on-death beneficiaries for financial accounts and owning property jointly to creating living trusts and more. It's been completely updated to include the latest estate laws and gift tax rules, and offers a focus on the transfer-on-death deeds which are now available in more states. From personal property such as autos to home ownership and bank accounts, this covers all kinds of transfers and includes case history examples throughout in a recommendation for any general lending library." "Midwest Book Review"

    " You'll find more complete details for each state in Nolo's "8 Ways to Avoid Probate". " "Los Angeles Times
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    "Randolph takes the position that the probate process is an unnecessary expenditure of time and money." "Library Journal
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    "Consumer friendly..." "San Diego Union-Tribune "

    ISBN: 9781413317107
    ISBN-10: 1413317103
    Series: 8 Ways to Avoid Probate
    Audience: General
    Format: Paperback
    Language: English
    Number Of Pages: 296
    Published: 4th May 2012
    Dimensions (cm): 22.8 x 17.8  x 1.7
    Weight (kg): 0.454