The Living Trust The Failproof Way to Pass Along Your Estate to Your Heirs [Paperback]

If you are concerned about estate planning you may be surprised that, even with a will, the probate system can eat up as much as 10 percent of an inheritance and delay the process two years. InThe Living Trust, noted living trust authority Henry Abts presents a simple, inexpensive legal alternative that eliminates the costs and delays of probate and ensures that your loved ones will receive their inheritance promptly and exactly as you intended. This new edition has been completely updated to reflect the federal tax codes and up-to-the-minute developments in the legal system.

A nationally recognized authority on living trusts,Henry W. Abts IIIis chairman and founder of The Estate Plan, the nation's oldest and largest living trust production corporation, responsible for creating more than 60,000 living trusts.

The Bible on How to Avoid Probate, Revised and Updated

[The Living Trust] is unquestionably the layman's most nearly complete source on living trusts. . . . Recommended reading for anyone who wants to maximize his net estate left to heirs, speed asset distribution after death, avoid will challenges, minimize estate costs, and maintain privacy.
Robert Bruss, Esq., and nationally syndicated real estate columnist,Chicago Tribune

You may think your heirs have been well provided for, but did you know that:

• Your loved ones may have to wait more than two years before receiving a penny from your estateeven though you have left a legally valid will?
• Costs of probating your will may eat up more than 10 percent of your estatemoney your heirs will never receive?
• The specific instructions of your bequest may be contested or changed completelyeven though clearly spelled out in your will?
• A will cannot help you in life? If you become incapacitated or your judgment comes into question,it becomes a matter for the courts to decide and is a very public process.