Your living trust & estate plan : how to maximize your family's assets and protect your loved ones by Platt, Harvey J instant download

Your living trust & estate plan : how to maximize your family's assets and protect your loved ones by Platt, Harvey J instant download

xi, 339 p. ; 23 cm, 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, Includes index, The development of an estate plan -- Selecting who receives the benefits of your estate -- Wills -- Understanding the probate process and the administration of an estate -- Co-ownership of property -- Trusts -- The role of trusts in estate planning -- The living trust -- Gifts -- Charitable contributions -- Grits, grats, and gruts -- Life insurance -- The significance of your domicile -- The power of the survivor -- The subsequent marriage : premarital and postmarital agreements -- Planning for minors -- Estate planning for families with children who have special needs -- People with risk of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) -- Surrogate planning for the senior citizen -- Retirement benefits -- Medicare and medicaid and supplemental security income -- The protection of assets -- The family limited partnership and the Limited liability Company -- Estate planning for the business owner -- Estate planning for the surviving spouse -- The cutting edge : value reduction strategy in discount planning -- Overview of the U.S. Estate and Gift Taxes as applied to nonresidents not citizens -- Generation-skipping tax -- The New Estate Tax Relief Act