Estate Planning Smarts: 4th Edition: A Practical, User-Friendly, Action-Oriented Guide

No one lives forever. So why leave anything to chance? This best-selling book can help you tackle a potentially difficult and very emotional process. In plain English, it explains:
When to re-do your will
Mistakes people make when trying to avoid probate
Rules for IRA inheritors
How to hire a lawyer
Key documents to protect yourself if you become ill or disabled
How to appoint a guardian for children
How custodial accounts and 529 plans affect financial aid
The fourth edition, which replaces earlier editions, is completely revised to include how income taxes affect estate planning, the pros and cons of credit shelter trusts and the law on planning for same-sex couples. Celebrity case studies illustrate estate planning strategies and mistakes by, among others: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, James Gandolfini, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Updike and Adam Yauch.

• Beyond the Grave, Revised and Updated Edition: The Right Way and the Wrong Way of Leaving Money to Your Children (and Others)
• Estate Planning for the Savvy Client: What You Need to Know Before You Meet With Your Lawyer (Savvy Client Series Book 1)
• Estate Planning is Dead!: Asset Protection Planning is Alive and Well (A Consumer's Guide to Modern Estate Planning)
• Get It Together: Organize Your Records So Your Family Won't Have To
• Retirement Plan Owner's Guide to Beating the New Death Tax
• Elder Law: Cases and Materials (2015)
• Plan Your Estate
• Criminal Procedure: Investigation and Right to Counsel (Aspen Casebook Series)
• The Living Trust Advisor: Everything You (and Your Financial Planner) Need to Know about Your Living Trust
• Estate Planning Basics