Wills & Trusts Kit For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))

Wills & Trusts Kit For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))

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  • Type：Epub+TxT+PDF+Mobi
  • Create Date：2021-11-26 19:21:01
  • Update Date：2025-09-07
  • Status：finish
  • Author：Aaron Larson
  • ISBN：1119832187
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Reviews

Jake Losh ，

This is not a good book。 The information is factual without being especially helpful， overly detailed in areas that I found irrelevant or problematic morally （e。g。， a LOT of detail about how to screw your exes and children from beyond the grave）， and rather vague in other areas that might actually be useful （e。g。， the costs/benefits of universal life insurance）。 It was helpful insofar as it informed me of the differences in function of wills and trusts， the utility of durable power of attorney a This is not a good book。 The information is factual without being especially helpful， overly detailed in areas that I found irrelevant or problematic morally （e。g。， a LOT of detail about how to screw your exes and children from beyond the grave）， and rather vague in other areas that might actually be useful （e。g。， the costs/benefits of universal life insurance）。 It was helpful insofar as it informed me of the differences in function of wills and trusts， the utility of durable power of attorney and of medical advocates and healthcare proxies （and also what these things are）。 One thing it could do better is to focus a bit more: It might have been better as two separate books — one for wills and one for trusts。 I could have also done with a few more practical tips。 E。g。， there's discussion of finding multiple disinterested witnesses to your will， but not much discussion about how to find those people。 It seems like a small detail but something as simple as， "a lot of people choose a lawyer， a friend and their pastor" would have been good。 Or something like ， "more than half of people choose x over y when z"。 You get a million ways to do things and not enough actual guidance， （facts not knowledge again）。 The part of tens and pitfalls sections did this well， but more throughout would have been better。 Last， I really have to take issue with the discussion of insurance products here。 They say universal is better but then give no logical explanation for why that's true。 It's misleading and counter to the intention of the book to arm you against getting sold a bag of goods when you consult a lawyer or other expert while you are planning your estate。In summary， worth a skim but not something I'd keep on your shelf。 。。。more

Mike ，

helpful checklists of considerationsaccounts with beneficiaries bypass probate （exclude from will）---forced me to develop a summary of these （Found that I hadn't identified some benef's） ---include with will to simplify Executor's taskCD forms incompatible with my Windows software （Vista）spendthrift trustfor will suggest 3 witnesses and notary。 （ditto trust）residue clause （residuary）include inventory of accounts & p-words helpful checklists of considerationsaccounts with beneficiaries bypass probate （exclude from will）---forced me to develop a summary of these （Found that I hadn't identified some benef's） ---include with will to simplify Executor's taskCD forms incompatible with my Windows software （Vista）spendthrift trustfor will suggest 3 witnesses and notary。 （ditto trust）residue clause （residuary）include inventory of accounts & p-words 。。。more