From Library Journal
Michigan Assistant Attorney General Hughes and Klein (emeritus, social sciences, Michigan State Univ.) provide nonprofessional estate representatives with an understanding of the duties and procedures for settling an estate. They describe how to read and understand a will, locate and manage the assets of the estate, and cope with the probate process. One chapter discusses working with the testator before his or her death to create a letter of instruction to help settle the estate. In this new edition, the authors provide coverage of how to settle trusts and use pay-on-death bank accounts to help keep money out of probate. Numerous charts and tables show tax rates and exemptions, but dates on some of the tables go back to 1997 and 1998 and will need to be updated by using sources that reflect recent legislative changes. Libraries should also consider Charles K. Plotnick's How To Settle an Estate: A Manual for Executors and Trustees (LJ 6/1/98), F. William Hauer Jr.'s Where There's a Will: A Guide for the Executor or Administrator of an Estate (Edgewood, 1998), and James John Jurinski's Probate and Settling an Estate (Barron's, 1997). Joan Pedzich, Harris Beach, Rochester, New York
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Book Description
The Executor's Handbook is a step-by-step guide for estate executors and personal representatives. Covering everything from probate to wills to liquid assets, it helps readers determine the best course of action as an executor.
Updates to this edition include:
New information on wills
New types of bank accounts, such as pay-on death accounts
The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997
The increasingly common use of trusts
All state and federal laws, in texts and tables.