Synopses & Reviews
Make your own legal will, quickly and easily!
If you want to create a will without the trouble, Quick and Legal Will Book is the simplest and fastest way to reach your goal. Get the forms and step-by-step instructions to make a basic will that meets your needs with this all-in-one guide. Find out how to:
name beneficiaries choose a guardian set up a trust for minors name an executor finalize your will change or revoke a will and more The book provides all the forms you need, including an all-purpose will, and customized wills for a:
single person with no children single person with children married person with children married person with no children The 6th edition is updated to reflect changes in the law, including information about the new estate tax law. try{F5_flush(document);}catch(e){}
Review
""An excellent book for lay people.""
BusinessWeek
""The most streamlined, yet thorough information available on how to write a valid will quickly and safely without a lawyer."" Long Beach Press-Telegram
""Clifford has a reliable track record when it comes to estate planning guides. His new title joins Plan Your Estate, Make Your Own Living Trust , and Nolo's Simple Will BooK. While it is good to be wary of any publication with ""quick"" and ""legal"" in the same title, Clifford and Nolo have proved again that they can offer a simple but not oversimplified explanation of a legal concept. Written for people under age 50 with less than $600,000 in assets, the book instructs readers in how to designate who gets their property, name someone to care for minor children, manage property left to them, and name an executor. The text is enhanced with icons that call attention to possible problems, provide cross references, or note the need for a lawyer. An assortment of forms for wills, affidavits, and gifts is found in the appendix. Nolo's Simple Will Book, a fixture in many collections, offers expanded coverage of issues like debt forgiveness, varied guardianship arrangements, and disinheritance. Most libraries will want to add The Quick and Legal Will Book to satisfy those patrons truly interested in the no-frills will."" Joan Pedzich, Harris, Beach and Wilcox, Rochester, N.Y. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc
Synopsis
Everyone needs a will sooner, rather than later. For all those who've put off writing this important document, here's the solution. This slim, helpful book outlines how to: determine beneficiaries, deal with property, choose an executor, avoid probate, prepare a draft of the will. This handy book is also stuffed with new information on estate planning, the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, Durable Powers of Attorney for Health Care and for Finances, and common law marriage. Includes sample wills and is good in all states except Louisiana.
About the Author
Denis Clifford, a graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was an editor of The Law Review, is a practicing lawyer who specializes in estate planning. He is the author of many Nolo titles, including Quick and Legal Will Book, Make Your Own Living Trust and Plan Your Estate, and a coauthor of A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples. He has been interviewed by such major media as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Money Magazine.