The best legal guide to wills and estates—with more than 80,000 copies sold—now updated to cover the current asset protection options and estate laws Whether grappling with modest or extensive assets, The Complete Book of Wills, Estates, and Trusts has long been the indispensable guide for protecting an estate for loved ones. In this completely revised third edition, updated to cover the latest changes in estate law, attorney Alexander A. Bove, Jr., clearly explains • how to use a will to avoid probate and legal complications • how trusts work and how to use trusts to save taxes • how to contest a will and how to avoid a contest • how to settle an estate or make a claim against one • how to establish a durable power of attorney • how to protect assets from creditors In his straightforward and humorous style, Bove shares easy-to-understand legal definitions, savvy advice on taxes, and pragmatic and simple sample forms, all illustrated with entertaining examples and actual cases. The Complete Book of Wills, Estates, and Trusts is the best guide available for defending your financial legacy

This is a what to know primer on the Living Trust written in everyday English. There are background chapters on wills, joint tenancy, probate procedures, federal estate taxes & related topics. The author is an attorney (39 years), a newspaper columnist & a faculty member of a community college. He limits his law practice to the Living Trust. For over ten years he has taught six-hour seminars on the Living Trust to about 5000 laypersons (age 45 to 70+) at the college & at libraries. In the last session of the seminar, the students were asked to turn in a seminar evaluation sheet. The author spent five years writing the book by translating (with great care) the legalese of wills & trusts into lay person language using these seminar evaluation sheets & the teaching experience. He hired a legal secretary to accompany him to the seminars to take down the exact questions of the students. These questions appear unedited in the book together with answers. In addition to lay persons, people who have bought the book include attorneys, financial planners, accountants, librarians & IRS agents.Most libraries in Illinois have copies of the book. Read the book. You will have an exciting experience penetrating the legal mystique of wills & trusts. The Living Trust is the most efficient method: (1) to protect yourself & your assets during your lifetime & (2) to avoid the costs & delays of probate at your death. It can also minimize federal estate taxes.

The classic legal guide with more than 100,000 copies in print—now substantially updated and revised! Whether grappling with modest or extensive assets, The Complete Book of Wills, Estates & Trusts has long been the indispensable guide for protecting an estate for loved ones. In this completely revised fourth edition, updated to cover the latest changes in estate law, attorneys Alexander A. Bove, Jr., and Melissa Langa synthesize their decades of field and classroom experience into honest, clear, and entertaining explanations of a host of complex legal topics, including: • How to create a will and living trust • How to use a trust to avoid probate and legal complications • How trusts work and how to use trusts to save taxes • How to contest a will and how to avoid a contest • How to settle an estate or make a claim against one • How to establish a durable power of attorney • How to protect assets from creditors In their straightforward and humorous style, Bove and Langa share easy-to-understand legal definitions and savvy advice on everything from taxes to choosing the right attorney, all illustrated with entertaining examples and actual cases. This is the best and only legal guide readers will ever need to ensure that their money and holdings remain in the family.