How to Probate & Settle an Estate Yourself, Without the Lawyer's Fees: The National Probate Kit
Anosike is probably the most prolific author in the field of legal self-help. He has written more than a dozen books, which he has revised and updated regularly, his titles covering a wide range of topics. This guide updates his 1996 advice on probating and settling an estate. Although the goal of most books in this category is to help inform the legal consumer, Anosike also delights in taking on the legal profession as he cites the "history of plunder, embezzlement, and stealing of estate assets by probate lawyers, judges, and others!" Anosike also distinguishes his work from Norman Dacey's classicHow to Avoid Probate(1990). Dacey, he says, focuses on alternatives to probate; Anosike offers legal tools with which to avoid "the probate lawyer and his legendary fees." Anosike thoroughly explains probate and what estate executorship entails. In explaining the process of "opening an estate," he contrasts situations where there is a will with those where there is none; and he methodically lays out the steps in the complex process of settling an estate.David RouseCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved