Covers the essentials of estate planning, details strategies for using a living trust to create a flexible estate plan, and explains the changes to the tax laws.

A guide to estate planning covers property ownership laws, beneficiaries, probate avoidance, living trusts, joint tenancy, life insurance, estate taxes, wills, business ownership, and pensions.

"If you are concerned about estate planning you may be surprised that, even with a will, the probate system can eat up as much as 10 percent of an inheritance and delay the process two years. In [this book, the author] presents a simple, inexpensive legal alternative that eliminates the costs and delays of probate and ensures that your loved ones will receive their inheritance promptly and exactly as you intended. This [book also] reflect[s] the federal...

Write a will, create an estate plan, designate executors, chose trusts, reduce tax liabilities, distribute your assets.