What to Do When Someone Dies: A Legal, Financial, and Practical Guide [DVD-ROM] [Paperback]

Milton Berry Scott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 10, 2004

What To Do When Someone Dies: A Legal, Financial, and Practical Guide was written by Milton Berry Scott, an estate planning attorney since 1972. This book is a clear, concise guide to organizing personal and financial affairs so those responsible will be able to handle all the necessary details following a death with ease. This book will be useful to anyone who is dealing with someone's estate and also to anyone who wants to organize his or her own concerns to assist those who will take care of them. Please check out our new DVD called What To Do When Someone Dies also sold by Amazon.

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About the Author

Milton Berry Scott has practiced law in California since 1972. For ten years prior to that he was a bank trust officer for two major banks handling the administration of trusts and estates and doing estate planning for bank clients. His practice is limited to estate planning, wills, trusts, and probate, and he is certified with the California Board of Legal Specialization of the California State Bar as a specialist in probate, estate planning, and trust law. He has taught probate and estate planning courses for over 25 years, including 16 years at St. Mary's College in California. In addition to numerous articles and the present book, he is the author of Estate Planning for California Residents and Probate in California.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 135 pages
• Publisher: Pere Bruin Press; 2 edition (February 10, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 096594834X
• ISBN-13: 978-0965948340
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,146,232 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Milton Berry Scott has practiced law in California since 1972, and before that he was a bank trust officer handling the administration of trusts and estates and doing estate planning for bank clients. For many years, he taught estate planning and probate at St.Mary's College of California and for various adult education programs. His practice is limited to estate planning, wills, trusts, and probate, and he is certified with the California Board of Legal Specialization of the California State Bar as a specialist in probate, estate planning, and trust law. Berry, as he is generally called, and his wife Marilyn have been married for 51 years, and they have two sons and a grandson and granddaughter. Berry enjoys traveling, gardening, reading, watching old movies, and going for long rides on his bicycle.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, Simple Overview, April 3, 2000

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AWA (Concord, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What To Do When Someone Dies: A Legal, Financial, and Practical Guide (Paperback)

This book is both simple and practical. When someone close to you dies, worrying about all the details of what to do next can be overwhelming. Many people are too distraught to deal with potentially complex legal and financial issues. This book provides an easy step-by-step approach to the whole process, and doesn't overwhelm the reader with too much detail.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If the death of a loved one is a new experience for you...., January 31, 2003

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This review is from: What To Do When Someone Dies: A Legal, Financial, and Practical Guide (Paperback)

Scott offers very practical, concise and organized guidebook which I wish I had from day 1...This book focuses on necessary and predictible situations: what needs to be done, when it should be done and who should do it. It defines the terminology simply. The writing is clear and comprehensible. This book is so important for someone newly experiencing the operational side of death, that I purchased multiple copies for my fellow mourners.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GOT PARENTS? -You should have this book, August 1, 2003

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This review is from: What To Do When Someone Dies: A Legal, Financial, and Practical Guide (Paperback)

This book was of tremendous help when we had a series of deaths of family members. Important things you need to know about bank accounts, taxes, etc. You name it; it's in here.