From the Book - 8th edition.
Part I Getting Ready 1. Overview 2. If You're Asked to Be an Executor or Trustee Part II First Steps 3. The First Week 4. The First Month 5. Claiming Life Insurance, Social Security, and Other Benefits Part III Taking Care of the Estate 6. Making Sense of the Will 7. If There's No Will 8. Taking Inventory 9. Managing Assets and Paying Bills 10. Caring for Children and Their Property 11. Taxes Part IV Transferring Property 12. Property That Doesn't Go Through Probate 13. Transferring Joint Tenancy and Other Survivorship Property 14. Transferring Community Property 15. Claiming Money in Retirement Plans 16. Claiming Payable-on-Death Assets 17. Special Procedures for Small Estates 18. The Regular Probate Process Part V Handling Trusts 19. Wrapping Up a Simple Living Trust 20. Managing a Child's Trust Part VI Getting More Help 21. Finding More Information 22. Lawyers and Other Experts G. Glossary A. Appendix: State Information Index.
From the Book - 9th edition.
Part I: Getting Ready. 1. Overview
2. If You're Asked to Be an Executor or Trustee
Part II: First Steps. 3. The First Week
5. Claiming Life Insurance, Social Security, and Other Benefits
Part III: Taking Care of the Estate. 6. Making Sense of the Will
9. Managing Assets and Paying Bills
10. Caring for Children and Their Property
Part IV: Transferring Property. 12. Property That Doesn't Go Through Probate
13. Transferring Joint Tenancy and Other Survivorship Property
14. Transferring Community Property
15. Claiming Money in Retirement Plans
16. Claiming Payable-on-Death Assets
17. Special Procedures for Small Estates
18. The Regular Probate Process
Part V: Handling Trusts. 19. Wrapping Up a Simple Living Trust
20. Managing a Child's Trust
Part VI: Getting More Help. 21. Finding More Information
22. Lawyers and Other Experts
. Appendix: State Information
From the Book - Sixth edition.
Pt. I. Getting ready. The executor's legal companion ; Overview ; If you're asked to be an executor or trustee
Pt. II. First steps. The first week ; The first month ; Claiming life insurance, Social Security, and other benefits
Pt. III. Taking care of the estate. Making sense of the will ; If there's no will ; Taking inventory ; Managing assets and paying bills ; Caring for children and their property ; Taxes
Pt. IV. Transferring property. Property that doesn't go through probate ; Transferring joint tenancy and other survivorship property ; Transferring community property ; Claiming money in retirement plans ; Claiming payable-on-death assets ; Special procedures for small estates ; The regular probate process
Pt. V. Handling trusts. Wrapping up a simple living trust ; Managing a child's trust
Part VI. Getting more help. Finding more information ; Lawyers and other experts
Appendix : State information.