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Enjoy peace of mind knowing that your assets will pass to your family according to your wishes Regardless of your age or income, writing a legal will is one of the greatest gifts you can give your family. But where do you begin? Wills & Trusts Kit For Dummies walks you through the most important considerations to have in mind when you’re deciding what will happen to your estate when you’re gone. Writing a will or setting up a trust isn't as fun as binge watching the latest hot web series, but this book makes the task a little less daunting. Find out who needs a will or trust (spoiler alert: everyone!), when you should create one, and how to take the first steps. Handy online content includes practical worksheets, forms, and templates that simplify and explain the process of estate planning in language that doesn't require a legal education to understand. With the help of Wills & Trusts Kit For Dummies, you'll have a document that details your final wishes before you know it. Navigate probate, tax, and state laws that govern how property is passed to the next generation Avoid the most common estate planning pitfalls and mistakes Choose qualified professionals and specialists to help you make the best decisions for your family Designate a guardian for your children and plan for their financial needs You deserve to know that your loved ones will be properly taken care of when you’re no longer with them. Wills &Trusts Kit For Dummies delivers straightforward guidance and peace of mind on a subject that, sooner or later, we all must face. *Please reference the Introduction to access a webpage where you will find a number of downloadable files and forms to create a will, living trust, living will, durable power of attorney, and healthcare proxy.*

Written in easy-to-read language with dozens of real-life examples, this book provides important information about mediation, arbitration, small claims court, and civil court procedures, and includes a chapter on working with a lawyer.

Davenport's Virginia Wills And Estate Planning Legal Forms is a book published by Davenport Press and written by attorneys. This short book is written specifically for Virginia and explains state law and provides most of the standard Virginia legal forms. This Virginia book is better than most other legal books with just generic law and forms. The subject of this book is Virginia Wills and Estate Planning which is about how to control upon illness, death, or absence things like health care, gifting property and money, children, sharing power with someone to let them help do things, and picking legal options and persons to do things. Forms can be copied from the book or downloaded free at www.davenportpress.org. In this book about 10 legal forms are explained and provided, which are: 1. Last Will And Testament (lets one give orders to on death gift most property, choose guardians for children and their property, authorize less burdensome legal options to be used, pick person to be executor to handle affairs, and control other matters); 2. Last Will And Testament (No Guardians) (this Will form has no "Guardians" paragraph and is for people without minor children and also not giving property or money to any minors); 3. Self-Proving Affidavit (this form is often done with a Will to avoid work after a death of showing a Will was signed correctly by getting testimony of witnesses to the Will signing, and using this form increases the chance a Will is enforceable); 4. Tangible Personal Property List (lets one write in a simple list outside a Will wanted gifts to occur on death of "tangible personal property" like clothes, furniture, tools, jewelry, and vehicles, which list can be done or redone anytime and just needs to be signed); 5. Codicil (lets parts of a Will be removed or added to); 6. Virginia Advance Medical Directive (sometimes called "Combined Power Of Attorney For Health Care And Living Will" lets a person be named to control health care in case one cannot later control own health care and lets many health care instructions be given); 7. Durable Do Not Resuscitate (this form can be requested from a doctor when in very bad health to quickly show paramedics and other medical personnel to not try restarting the heart or breathing and certain other major actions); 8. Virginia Power Of Attorney (sometimes called "Financial Power Of Attorney" lets power over one's money, property, and other matters be shared with a very trusted person so they can do things when someone is ill or busy and wants help); 9. Designation To Control Funeral And Disposition Of Remains (lets person be designated to control funeral, disposition of remains, and related matters rather than have closest family member do this, and the form also has space for suggestions to be given); and 1 0. Power Of Attorney Of Parent and Standby Guardian (one form lets someone else be given power over child to help control them when parents are away of unavailable, and another form is used by parents who may fall badly ill or die and it arranges for someone to have power over children immediately upon a trigger event).

An index of wills recorded in local courts of Virginia, 1632-1800, and of administrations on estates shown by inventories of the estates of intestates recorded in will (and other) books of local courts, 1632-1800.

An updated guide to estate planning explains the purpose of wills, describes common as well as unusual provisions, and discusses estate management, executors, contested wills, and probate.

This book published by Davenport Press and written by attorneys has a review of Virginia law and a good range of ready to use Virginia Wills and Estate Planning legal forms. Estate planning concerns how a person can arrange things for and control upon illness or death their health care, property and money, children and dependents, legal matters, and more. Forms can be copied from the book or downloaded for free as the book's Appendix A explains. In this book 9 main legal forms are explained and provided, which are: 1. Last Will And Testament (lets one give orders to on death gift most property, choose guardians for children and their property, authorize less burdensome legal options to be used, pick person to be executor to handle affairs, and control other matters); 2. Last Will And Testament (No Guardians) (this Will form has no "Guardians" paragraph and is for people without minor children and also not giving property or money to any minors); 3. Self-Proving Affidavit (this form is often done with a Will to avoid work after a death of showing a Will was signed correctly by getting testimony of witnesses to the Will signing, and using this form increases the chance a Will is enforceable); 4. Tangible Personal Property List (lets one write in a simple list outside a Will wanted gifts to occur on death of "tangible personal property" like clothes, furniture, tools, jewelry, and vehicles, which list can be done or redone anytime and just needs to be signed); 5. Virginia Advance Medical Directive (sometimes called "Combined Power Of Attorney For Health Care And Living Will" lets a person be named to control health care in case one cannot later control own health care and lets many health care instructions be given); 6. Durable Do Not Resuscitate (this form can be requested from a doctor when in very bad health to quickly show paramedics and other medical personnel to not try restarting the heart or breathing and certain other major actions); 7. Virginia Power Of Attorney (sometimes called "Financial Power Of Attorney" lets power over one's money, property, and other matters be shared with a very trusted person so they can do things when someone is ill or busy and wants help); 8. Designation To Control Funeral And Disposition Of Remains (lets person be designated to control funeral, disposition of remains, and related matters rather than have closest family member do this, and the form also has space for suggestions to be given); and 9. Power Of Attorney Of Parent and Standby Guardian (if person other than parent will watch child for long a guardianship at court is usually done, but in other cases a "Power Of Attorney Of Parent" form lets a person share power over child with someone, or a "Standby Guardian" form lets a person be instantly given power upon a medical trigger of parent becoming incompetent, parent becoming debilitated and unable to give care, or parent's death).

Although a majority of Americans are aware that they need a will, about 70 percent of Americans don't have one. The irony is that the legalities involved are not very complicated; most people can get by with a good self-help book. Estate planning is largely the same. A comprehensive plan to avoid probate or save on estate taxes doesn't usually require a lawyer; most basic estate planning documents are easy and safe to prepare, but again, with the help of a good self-help book. In the third edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wills and Estates, readers will find- A complete inventory of everything to consider and include in estate planning. How a will fits in to an estate plan, and what to consider and include. How trusts work and whether you need one. Tax considerations for every aspect of an estate plan.

About the book Law relating to Wills has evoked curiosity amongst Judges, lawyers and law students alike. This book offers exhaustive commentary on principles governing this law and illustrates them with contemporary case laws. The book does not contain many judicial authorities of colonial period which have lost relevance in current times, but it does examine the relevant pronouncements. The book discusses concepts which are fundamental to exercise of testamentary jurisdiction, in detail which often engages courts. Four chapters elaborate on law relating to execution and proof of Will. Three chapters are devoted to discussing law relating to grant of probate and letters of administration. Concept of revocation of Will and revocation of probate and letters of administration has been discussed in one chapter each. Other aspects of law, which do not much invite much attention of courts like construction of Will, jurisdiction of court, powers and duties of executors and administrators, void bequest, vesting of legacy, contingent bequest, conditional bequest etc. have also received their due share in the book. Authors have discussed novel concepts like 'Living Will' in this book.

An updated and revised edition of the authoritative legal handbook on wills and estates, now features a new section on trusts.

The classic legal guide with more than 100,000 copies in print—now substantially updated and revised! Whether grappling with modest or extensive assets, The Complete Book of Wills, Estates & Trusts has long been the indispensable guide for protecting an estate for loved ones. In this completely revised fourth edition, updated to cover the latest changes in estate law, attorneys Alexander A. Bove, Jr., and Melissa Langa synthesize their decades of field and classroom experience into honest, clear, and entertaining explanations of a host of complex legal topics, including: • How to create a will and living trust • How to use a trust to avoid probate and legal complications • How trusts work and how to use trusts to save taxes • How to contest a will and how to avoid a contest • How to settle an estate or make a claim against one • How to establish a durable power of attorney • How to protect assets from creditors In their straightforward and humorous style, Bove and Langa share easy-to-understand legal definitions and savvy advice on everything from taxes to choosing the right attorney, all illustrated with entertaining examples and actual cases. This is the best and only legal guide readers will ever need to ensure that their money and holdings remain in the family.