Part I: Getting ready. The executor's legal companion ; Overview ; If you're asked to be an executor or trustee -- Part II: First steps. The first week ; The first month ; Claiming life insurance, Social Security, and other benefits -- Part III: Taking care of the estate. Making sense of the will ; When there's no will ; Taking inventory ; Managing assets and paying bills ; Caring for children and their property ; Taxes -- Part IV: Transferring property. Property that doesn't go through probate ; Transferring joint tenancy and other survivorship property ; Transferring community property ; Claiming money in retirement plans ; Claiming payable-on-death assets ; Special procedures for small estates ; The regular probate process -- Part V: Getting more help. Finding more information ; Lawyers and other experts.
Summary:
If you need to wrap up the affairs of a loved one who has died, you may feel overwhelmed--especially when you're grieving. But you can do it, and this book will show you how.
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