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Estate Planning Basics
by Denis Clifford

Provides straightforward information about wills, trusts, retirement, health-care directives, estate taxes and other priorities, covering everything from choosing beneficiaries and providing for minors to avoiding probate and planning for incapacity. Includes charts, tables, graphs and forms.
Checklist for My Family: A Guide to My History, Financial Plans, and Final Wishes
by Sally Balch Hurme

This book guides the reader through the process of gathering in one place your finances, legal documents, online accounts, wishes about medical care, and more.
Plan Your Estate
by Denis Clifford

Presents a guide on estate planning that covers property ownership laws, beneficiaries, probate avoidance, living trusts, joint tenancy, life insurance, estate taxes, wills, business ownership and pensions.
Get It Together: Organize Your Records So Your Family Won't Have To
by Melanie Cullen

Helps organize information for estate planners, and shows how to keep track of such important documents as tax records, insurance policies, and passwords.
Make Your Own Living Trust
by Denis Clifford

Presents a guide to living trusts, explaining how to set one up, transfer property, and choose beneficiaries and a trustee, along with separate sections for common questions and legal forms.
The Essential Executor's Handbook: A Quick and Handy Resource for Dealing with Wills, Trusts, Benefits, and Probate
by David G. Hoffman

No matter how little you know about law, accounting, and the rest, The Essential Executor's Handbook will lead you by the hand through the settlement process.
The Executor's Guide: Settling a Loved One's Estate or Trust
by Mary Randolph

Explains the duties of an estate or trust executor, and discusses probate, life insurance, bank accounts, debts and estate taxes.
8 Ways to Avoid Probate
by Mary Randolph

Suggests methods for avoiding probate court, including setting up payable-on-death bank accounts, naming a beneficiary for retirement accounts, registering stocks in transfer-on-death forms, and creating a living trust.
How to Probate an Estate in California
by Julia Nissley

This book provides all of the forms, instructions, guidance, and tips you’ll need to probate a simple estate in California. And even if you hire a lawyer to help, this book will show you how to do much of the work yourself. 
The New Bankruptcy: Will It Work for You?
by Stephen Elias

Provides information and strategies for claiming Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 level bankruptcies, and includes exemption tables and information on how Supreme Court cases have interpreted bankruptcy laws.
How to File for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
by Stephen Elias

Newly updated, a guide to filing for bankruptcy offers user-friendly information and advice on how to fill out and file the necessary paperwork, cancel as much debt as possible, keep your home and stop wage garnishments. Includes charts, tables, graphs and forms.
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy: Keep Your Property & Repay Debts Over Time
by Stephen Elias

Answers questions about bankruptcy that range from how to face the reality of being in debt and possible alternatives to filing procedures to strategies for rebuilding credit after the process is complete.
The Foreclosure Survival Guide: Keep Your House or Walk Away with Money in Your Pocket
by Stephen Elias

Offers options to help homeowners make the best decisions when faced with foreclosure, detailing federal programs, nonprofit help, and common scams.
How to Win Your Personal Injury Claim
by Joseph L. Matthews

Provides information on dealing with insurance companies and lawyers when filing a personal injury claim.
Divorce After 50: Your Guide to the Unique Legal & Financial Challenges
by Janice Green

Addresses late-life divorce, covering ways to divorce; how to get guidance from friends, family and lawyers; the intricacies of marital property; how to survive financially during and after a divorce; how health care and estate planning are impacted; and much more.
How to Solve Divorce Problems in California in 2015: How to Manage a Contested Divorce
by Ed Sherman

Readers learn to define strategies, protect themselves, negotiate a fair settlement, and handle the case in court.
How to Do Your Own Divorce in California in 2015: An Essential Guide for Every Kind of Divorce
by Ed Sherman

The first part of the book explains in detail how to divide property and settle custody, visitation, and child support issues. The second part is a step-by-step guide through the court process, including how to complete important forms, when to file them, and how to get through a court appearance or even avoid it altogether.
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