How to Avoid Probate! (Paperback)

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Product Description

A revised and updated edition of a nationwide best-seller offers practical tips on estate planning, featuring a new chapter on Medicaid and sharing vital information on how to save heirs the cost and delay of probate. $50,000 ad/promo. Tour. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 715 pages
• Publisher: Collier Books; Revised edition (June 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0020081812
• ISBN-13: 978-0020081814
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,002,230 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How to Avoid Probate!, June 21, 2001

By	Kim Bourque (Plaistow, New Hampshire) - See all my reviews

Norman Dacey was disbared when he discovered what a ... the whole probate system is. His revenge is the contents of this book. It is worth its wieght in gold! Over the past 30 years the Bar Associations have black-balled him and his books. He is an honest and genuine man and this book is his legacy. The bulk of its contents are pre-fabricated meticulously prepared forms that everyone should have BEFORE THEY DIE if they want to be absolutely certain their estates will go to their loved ones tax-free and without attorneys taking most of it.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have!, March 24, 2000

By	Rosemary M. Rivas (California, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HOW TO AVOID PROBATE NEWLY UPD (Paperback)

Dacey's book is a classic and a must have for those who want to learn about estate planning. As a third year law student interested in estate planning and probate, I would recommend this book for those who want more knowledge about the area and who want to have meaningful questions to ask his or her lawyer.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I hope to set up trusts using this book's sample trusts., March 29, 2006

By	Penobscot Bay (Camden, Maine) - See all my reviews

This landmark book from the 1960's is apparently no longer in print. This worries me just a bit since it seems it should be still useful and thus profitable to print. One answer might be that Mr. Dacey's book has caused some of the exorbitant charges and abuses of probate to disappear (out of embarrassment?).One probate issue which has not disappeared, is the lengthy time(months or years)during which probate proceedings control the assets covered by a will -- assets which the book says it clearly enables you yourself to place in a simple trust so your beneficiaries (or heirs) will have instant and clear title to them at your death.It describes large reductions in transaction costs including tax savings, but it does not, in my opinion, show how to pass assets to your heirs tax-free.