8 Ways to Avoid Probate

Name: 8 Ways to Avoid Probate
Price: 26.39 USD
Availability: InStock
Author: Randolph, Mary, J.D.
ISBN: 9781413317237

By:	Randolph, Mary, J.D.
Publisher:	NOLO
Print ISBN:	9781413317107
eText ISBN:	9781413317237
Edition:	9
Format:	Reflowable

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8 Ways to Avoid Probate offers simple and effective methods for skipping the probate process so that property goes directly to the intended beneficiaries. Using the simple, plain English instructions, you'll learn how to create a savvy estate plan. 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.