This book is designed to help the reader quickly and easily make his or her own will without the expense or delay of hiring a lawyer. It includes information on distributing property, appointing guardians for children and making anatomical gifts. New to this edition is information on durable powers of attorney for health care and for finance and general information on estate planning. Easy-to-use, blank tear-out forms, a thorough index, glossary and state-by-state laws regarding wills make this book a crucial resource for all of us.

A New York Times correspondent shares his financial successes and mishaps, offering an everyman's guide to straightening out your money once and for all. Money management is one of our most practical survival skills—and also one we've convinced ourselves we're either born with or not. In reality, financial planning can be learned, like anything else. Part financial memoir and part research-based guide to attaining lifelong security, This Is the Year I Put My Financial Life in Order is the book that everyone who has never wanted to read a preachy financial guide has been waiting for. John Schwartz and his wife, Jeanne, are pre-retirement workers of an economic class well above the poverty line, but well below the one percent. Sharing his own alternately harrowing and hilarious stories—from his brush with financial ruin and bankruptcy in his thirties to his short-lived budgeted diet of cafeteria french fries and gravy—John will walk you through his own journey to financial literacy, which he admittedly started a bit late. He covers everything from investments to retirement and insurance to wills (at fifty-eight, he didn't have one!), medical directives and more. Whether you're a college grad wanting to start out on the right foot or you're approaching retirement age and still wondering what a 401(K) is, This Is the Year I Put My Financial Life in Order will help you become your own best financial adviser.

A last will and testament allows you to specify who your assets will pass to following your death, make property management arrangements for young beneficiaries, appoint guardians, forgive debts, and more. This self-help legal kit includes step-by-step instructions, detailed information and all the legal forms necessary to prepare your own last will and testament without the need or expense of hiring a lawyer. ✔ Prepare a legal will in minutes. ✔ Step-by-step instructions. ✔ Lawyer approved legal kit. ✔ Valid in all states (except Louisiana). ✔ See below for a full product description. Create Your Will in Minutes. If you die without making a valid last will and testament, you will have died intestate. You will then have no control over who your property is distributed to or even who takes care of your children following your death. Both of these matters will be determined by state laws which are often decades old. There is also the added risk that your estate could be substantially depleted due to the high levels of legal and professional fees associated with dying intestate. Making a last will and testament is the only way to ensure that you have control over these matters and that you can properly provide for the needs of your family. This self-help kit provides you with step-by-step instructions, detailed information and all the legal forms necessary to make a will and to ensure that your property passes to your loved ones after your death. ✔ Make cash and specific property gifts to your loved ones. ✔ Appoint guardians to care for your minor children. ✔ Appoint executors to wind up your estate. ✔ Create trusts for minor beneficiaries. ✔ Make funeral arrangements.

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No one wants to contemplate their own death, but for your own peace of mind, it makes sense to create a will even when you're in the healthy and thriving portion of your life. With a will, you can rest easy knowing that the people you love will be cared for should there be an unexpected death. Once you create a will, it's also possible to make adjustments as needed, therefore guaranteeing that your will reflects your intent at any given portion of time. What you'll learn... The Fundamentals of Writing a Will Essential Information to Include in Your Will Keeping the Costs of Will-Writing Low Common Mistakes to Avoid Other Functions of a Will Regularly Updating Your Will Much, much more! A will is different from a living will, power of attorney or personal directive, which spells out the level of medical treatment you want to receive before you die, and who has the authority to manage your legal and financial affairs.

The New York Times bestselling true story of an all-American girl and a boy from Zimbabwe and the letter that changed both of their lives forever. It started as an assignment... Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place. Martin was lucky to even receive a pen-pal letter. There were only ten letters, and fifty kids in his class. But he was the top student, so he got the first one. That letter was the beginning of a correspondence that spanned six years and changed two lives. In this compelling dual memoir, Caitlin and Martin recount how they became best friends—and better people—through their long-distance exchange. Their story will inspire you to look beyond your own life and wonder about the world at large and your place in it.

Written in easy-to-read language with dozens of real-life examples, this book provides important information about mediation, arbitration, small claims court, and civil court procedures, and includes a chapter on working with a lawyer.