- ISBN13: 9780060936310
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
This expert, one-of-a-kind handbook shows you how to:Ensure that your inheritance instructions will he carried out — the way you want them to beProtect your child’s inheritance from creditors, ex-spouses, addictions, tax troubles, mismanagement, squandering, and other risks of lossPrevent family conflict that can arise when parents die and children divide the “family money”Leave more money to your children and grandchildren, and less to the IRS — and understand th… More >>
Beyond the Grave revised edition: The Right Way and the Wrong Way of Leaving Money To Your Children
The content of this book doesn’t match it’s title. This book is not an instructive guide to planning your estate; rather, it is a catalog of depressing stories combined with simplistic conclusions (“hire an attorney!”). The only useful conclusions I drew from the book are: hire a good estate planning lawyer, make use of the annual gift tax exclusion, and make sure you know something about trusts. Those are very important lessons, and hence the reason for giving the book 3 stars, but ultimately not worth the hundreds of pages it took to illustrate them.
This is definitely a book to check out of the library rather than to purchase for yourself.
Rating: 3 / 5
An entertaining and enlightening book about problems of estate planning. Contains many pearls of wisdom based on authors extensive experience. Every single one of my family members read the book after I finished and commented on the insight provided by this book. You will not regret this purchase.
Rating: 5 / 5
I felt the book was easy to read. Not one to be read in one sitting, however. I have done extensive estate planning, will preparation, and will updates. However, this book presented some options that I am considering. It also showed me a couple of loopholes that I thought I had closed, that I probably don’t. Well worth the money and time to read. I expect to go back to this book several times. I will be taking it with me to an attorney appointment.
Rating: 5 / 5
A MUST BUY for anyone preparing a trust. This book is INVALUABLE.
To the authors: Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Rating: 5 / 5
This book probably presents every scenario you can think of if you want to protect your estate. Reading this book will provide you with intelligent questions while you discuss your estate planning with your attorney.
The book is not only informative, but also entertaining and easy to read. No legaleez to wade through. I highly recommend it.
Rating: 5 / 5