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The failproof way to pass along your estate to your heirs without lawyers, courts, or the probate system.

Readers say it best: "Very informative." "Saved me a lot of money and headaches!" "Recommend it for everyone who has to plan estates for their elderly parents" Living Trusts for Everyone is the best resource for setting up a living trust. Explaining in specific terms what benefits a trust will have, Ronald Farrington Sharp gives the tools necessary to set up a loved one’s trust with no lawyers and no expense. Wills benefit lawyers. Trusts benefit the clients. Too often lawyers sell wills to clients only to sit back and wait to sell their probate services to their clients’ heirs. Ronald Farrington Sharp describes the best way to handle modern estate planning and details the many advantages trusts have over wills in not only eliminating probate but in also protecting your assets for your heirs. Sharp explains why legal services are not needed to do the clerical work in settling a trust after death. This updated edition includes new information on an array of subjects, including: Elimination of the federal estate tax for most estates due to increased exemption amounts Online assets The use of passwords, usernames, and websites Keeping trustees honest and the process of removing trustees for malfeasance Forms for simplifying the planning process Strategies to lower attorneys’ fees With no legal jargon, just step-by-step instructions and sample form letters, Living Trusts for Everyone takes the mystery out of the process of setting up a trust.

An expert in estate planning clears up common misconceptions about living trusts, in an easy-to-understand style. You will learn that all living trusts are not the same, and you will discover how to select the right kind of living trust for you and your family. You will understand the current estate tax laws, and how to use special tax planning trusts and a life insurance trust to save your family thousands of dollars in death taxes. The book alerts you to the severe and often surprising income tax burdens which your family may face when your IRA or Qualified Retirement Account is liquidated, and shows you how to minimize those problems. You’ll also learn about costly estate planning mistakes people commonly make, and how to avoid them!

Written in clear, conversational English, this book can help anyone understand how a living trust avoids the complications, expenses, and delays of probate at times of incapacity and death.

Updated for 2019! Hailed as America's best book on living trusts, it has been a favorite of consumers and professionals for more than 25 years. In clear, conversational English, the author explains problems with having a will, not having a will, joint ownership and beneficiary designations...and the many benefits of a living trust.