Pre-Owned Executor's Guide: Settling a Loved Ones Estate or Trust: The Executor's Guide : Settling a Loved One's Estate or Trust (Paperback)

The book provides worksheets as tear-outs and on CD-ROM to help readers make sense of settling a loved one's estate or trust. The Executor's Guide covers the legal and financial matters that crop up after death, helping people who have to settle estates and trusts through a confusing time. In particular, it covers: * becoming an executor * the first steps of settling an estate * claiming benefits * making sense of a will * what to do if there is no will * caring for children * taxes * dealing with probate * handling trusts, and more. There are about 2.5 million deaths every year in the United States. In every instance, someone must step in and wrap up the financial affairs of the person who has died. It's a difficult time when a loved one dies. Many people don't have a clue about what to do and whether or not to hire a lawyer and want some guidance. This book shows how to transfer lots of different kinds of property without probate and without lawyers, saving time and money.Worksheets as tear-outs and on CD-ROM.