Executors Guide The

Millions of baby boomers are currently (or will soon be) serving as executors, and this book shows exactly what to do to make the job manageable.

Presents a comprehensive guide for readers who need help understanding the basics of the procedures that settle an estate.

A guidebook to the administration of estates for executors and beneficiaries, including financial advice, taxes, claim disputes and other legal considerations.

You have been named the executor of a will by a friend or family member. Are you prepared to meet the challenge and do you know how to avoid personal liability? Thousands of individuals each year face the daunting and often painful task of settling the estate of a loved one, and even with professional guidance from attorneys, accountants, and financial advisors, they are often ill-equipped to deal with many of the tasks necessary to manage and settle an estate. The Executor's Guide is the definitive instruction manual for anyone administering an estate under a will. Written by a practicing probate attorney, and featuring step-by-step instructions, worksheets, checklists, and timetables, and other resource, The Executor's Guide will help you avoid costly mistakes and navigate successfully through the entire process--from the time of death to the final closing of the estate.

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Probating an estate can be a demanding and time consuming process involving complicated taxes, fee payments, disputes amongst beneficiaries and tricky asset transfers. It is therefore important that you are properly prepared for the task before embarking on it. This book is designed to guide you step-by-step through the probate process and to give you the knowledge and confidence to act as an executor. It explores each step of the process from the moment the deceased passes away right through to the distribution of the deceased's assets and the closing of the estate. It covers non-routine matters such as obtaining death certificates, dealing with autopsies and planning funeral arrangements; as well more typical matters such as locating, collecting, managing and distributing assets. It is your one-stop resource for successfully probating an estate. How to Probate an Estate will, amongst other things, guide you on: ✔ What to do immediately following the death of the will maker. ✔ What to do during the first month of your appointment. ✔ How to open and close probate proceedings.✔ How locate and take possession of the deceased's property (the 'estate'). ✔ How to prepare an inventory of all the assets and property owned by the deceased at the time of death and value those assets. ✔ How to manage, protect and preserve the estate. ✔ How to notify creditors of the deceased's death, deal with creditors' claims and decide which creditors' claims should be allowed and which should be disallowed. ✔ How to discharge taxes. ✔ How to distribute assets to the beneficiaries. How to Probate an Estate will guide you step by step through the probate process

A Step-By-Step Guide to Settling a Loved One's Estate You?ve lost someone close to you, and now you?ve been named the executor of the estate. What does that entail? What does that even mean? The Complete Executor's Guidebook takes you step-by-step through the confusing probate process from start to finish. This book explains everything you need to know to successfully serve as an executor of an estate in a simple, easy-to-understand way. --I?m not a lawyer. What do all of these words mean? --Do I have to be the executor of an estate if I?m named, or can I turn it down? --What exactly does an executor have to do? --What if I make a mistake? --Can I get in trouble? --How long will the entire process take? --Will I get paid for being an executor? --What if there is something wrong with the will? --What if there isn?t a will at all? The Complete Executor's Guidebook will help you through the entire process and keep you from making some very costly mistakes. This is the best book to give you the legal support you need at a time when you need it the most. ?This easy to read, well-organized and practical guide for executors is...written from personal experience by an estate planning attorney who knows his stuff.? -John Palmer, Host, The Prudent Advisor, Retirement Living Television and former news anchor, The Today Show

Offers information for executors and trustees on carrying out the terms of a will or trust, including assest distribution, terminating existing accounts, opening an estate bank account, and closing the estate.

A complete manual for executors, administrators and guardians with a full exposition of their rights, privileges, duties and liabilities, and of the rights of widows, in the personal estate and to dower. Second Edition: revised and greatly enlarged.

A complete manual for executors, administrators and guardians with a full exposition of their rights, privileges, duties and liabilities, and of the rights of widows, in the personal estate and to dower. Second Edition: revised and greatly enlarged.

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Excerpt from The Executor's Guide: A Complete Manual for Executors, Administrators and Guardians: With a Full Exposition of Their Rights, Privileges, Duties and Liabilities, and of the Rights, of Widows in the Personal Estate A Third Edition of this book having been called for, I have prepared it, endeavoring to bring it up to the present time in its statements as to practice, as well as the duties of executors, etc. The work having been done while I was engaged in active practice, I have been obliged to avail myself of the services of my son, Samuel P. McClellan, in superintending the publication. The book is submitted with the confident hope that it will be of value to persons having the care of estates and of infants. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Probating an estate can be a difficult and time consuming process involving taxes, fee payments, beneficiary disputes and tricky asset transfers. This book explores the process from the moment the deceased passes away right through to the distribution of assets. Items such as death certificates, autopsies, funeral planning and asset management are discussed at length.Probating an estate can be a demanding and time consuming process involving complicated taxes, fee payments, disputes amongst beneficiaries and tricky asset transfers. It is therefore important that you are properly prepared for the task before embarking on it.This book is designed to guide you step-by-step through the probate process and to give you the knowledge and confidence to act as an executor. It explores each step of the process from the moment the deceased passes away right through to the distribution of the deceased's assets and the closing of the estate. It covers non-routine matters such as obtaining death certificates, dealing with autopsies and planning funeral arrangements; as well more typical matters such as locating, collecting, managing and distributing assets. It is your one-stop resource for successfully probating an estate.How to Probate an Estate:* Initiate and Close Probate* Locate, Collect and Manage Assets* Deal with Creditors' Claims* Settle Trusts, Distribute Assets and Close the Estate

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