The executor's guide
Subtitle: settling a loved one's estate or trust
By: Mary Randolph, J.D.
Edition: 8th edition.
Publisher: NOLO
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 505
ISBN-13: 9781413324808
Subjects: Trusts and trustees; Executors and administrators
Other titles: Settling a loved one's estate or trust
Description: If you need to wrap up the affairs of a loved one who has died, you may feel overwhelmed--especially when you're grieving. But you can do it, and this book will show you how.
Notes: ISSN: 1939-6880.

Includes bibliographical references and  index.
Table of contents: title: 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.