The Easy Will and Living Will Kit (Easy Will & Living Will Kit) [Paperback]

Joy Chambers (Author)

Book Description

Series: Easy Will & Living Will Kit | Publication Date: August 1, 2005

Simple forms that protect and save money for you and your family.

Admit it. You have been thinking about getting together all the documents you need to protect yourself and your family should something unexpected happen. But the thought of the time it would take and the amount of work involved has just seemed like too much. Not anymore.

The Easy Will and Living Will Kit provides all the documents you need in one place. In just minutes, you can follow the simple steps it takes to prepare your will, living will and powers of attorney. Begin by choosing the will form that is right for you.

Every form is ready-to-use and modifiable for your needs.

Putting your affairs in order has never been easier.

Editorial Reviews

Review

The documents named in the title of this book are essential to ensuring the proper management of one's affairs upon incapacity or death. Readers will learn how to create a will that distributes property according to their wishes and how to write a living will that specifies preferences about medical care if they become permanently unconscious. In addition, they will find instruction for making a power of attorney to designate an agent to act on financial matters if they become incapacitated. Chambers, an attorney specializing in estate planning, explains the role of each and offers completed forms as examples. These specifically address individual situations based on marital status and whether or not there are children involved. The author's explanations are written in plain English and presented as answers to clients' questions about the documents based on common circumstances. She covers changing and revoking a will and specifies situations that require legal advice because they are not covered by the forms in the book. A CD-ROM with blank forms comes with the book. Recommended for most public libraries. (CD-ROM not seen.)-Joan Pedzich, Harris Beach PLLC, Rochester, NY
-- Library Journal, August, 2005

About the Author

Joy S. Chambers has practiced law for nearly three decades in Metropolitan Washington, D.C. For the past twenty-five years, she has had a successful private practice in historic Old Town Alexandria, VA, specializing in wills, trusts, and estates. Her interest in this field has expanded to include a broad spectrum of social issues facing older Americans. Ms. Chambers, who is trained in psychiatry as well as law, is particularly interested in how the mind ages, and specializes in assisting clients in planning for potential disabilities by using available legal tools.

Ms. Chambers is committed to educating the public about the issues she sees in her daily practice, seeing her advocacy and outreach as a logical extension of her practice. She produces and hosts a weekly cable television program, "Maturity," which explores issues of interest to seniors. Her column, "Maturity Watch," appears regularly in the Alexandria Gazette. She is a frequent contributor to other publications with senior audiences, including the AARP Bulletin and McGraw-Hill's Elder Care/Law, and has appeared on CNN and MSNBC.

Since establishing her practice, Ms. Chambers has been an enthusiastic educator of law students at local universities. As Adjunct Professor at the George Washington University Law School, she has designed and taught an innovative course, Law and Psychiatry, which utilized films concerned with mental illness as a springboard for discussions. Recently, Ms. Chambers extended her academic activities into the international arena, teaching a two-week course in American inheritance and disability planning law at the National University Law School in Bangalore, India-thus offering members of another culture the opportunity to learn aspects of this country's legal system. She has been invited to teach similar courses at other Indian universities in late 2005 and early 2006.

Ms. Chambers has advanced elder concerns in a variety of civic capacities. She was appointed by the governor of Virginia to the Joint Legislative Subcommittee on Legal Guardianship, and frequently advises state legislators on probate and related concerns. A member of the Virginia and District of Columbia Bar Associations, she has served on various committees making recommendations about legal issues. She has served on the Executive Committee of the Alexandria Commission of Aging and is a former Vice President of the Northern Virginia Estate Planning Council.

Ms. Chambers earned her JD degree at the George Washington University Law School, with additional studies at the University of London prior to practicing law. She has been a visiting researcher at Harvard Law and Medical Schools, and is currently pursuing studies in Islamic law and international relations at the Johns Hopkins School of International Affairs. Most recently, Ms. Chambers has been named a Senior Specialist for the Fulbright Program.
Ms. Chambers is a native of Mobile, Alabama.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Sphinx Publishing (August 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572484810
• ISBN-13: 978-1572484818
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #372,913 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #54 in Books > Law > Practical Guides > Wills

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As simple and painless as it gets--, August 30, 2006

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Sooner or later, most of us realize that we need to put our financial houses in order. This manual makes writing a will and working out end-of-life health,legal, and financial issues easier than you might expect--all the essential forms and instructions are in one place, with forms on an accompanying CD-ROM. Moving the process along are the real-life examples that demystify the processes of preparing a valid will, completing a legally sound health care advance directive, and putting a financial power of attorney in place. The manual's Q&As are particularly helpful, as is a running "conversation with your attorney" that offers insight into what a typical first visit to a lawyer might involve. Similar references are long on legal documents, short on simple English, and just plain dull. I highly recommend this manual to get you off your duff and planning to avoid the many pitfalls that await those who don't make their wishes known about these critical issues.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Easy Will and Living Will Kit, March 24, 2010

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We have always wanted to have papers ready for any kind of mishaps in life. This book clarifies a lot of the question we had and is easy to use.
Unfortunetly, I purchased a used book and the video was missing. Now we have to copy the pages. But we still like the book.
TX

5.0 out of 5 stars The Easy Will and Living Will Kit, April 23, 2011

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I checked 4 estate planning books out of the library. This title will help me the most because it really is a kit with fill-in-the blank documents. Unfortunately the CD is not in the book I checked out. I'm going to buy the most recent edition.