American Bar Association Guide to Wills and Estates

The American Bar Association Guide to Wills Estates,  Fourth Edition , is the user-friendly guide that contains everything you need to know about planning an estate and preparing a will. It is organized in easy-to-follow chapters with sidebars containing tips, checklists, and key information, encouraging you to begin the process quickly and easily.

The ABA Guide to Wills Estates will help you:

• Determine what to put in an estate plan

• Decide whether to prepare a will, trust, or living trust

• Avoid or reduce estate taxes

• Transfer property without a will with substitutes such as life insurance and joint tenancy

• Understand the benefits of living gifts and life insurance, among many other topics

The Fourth edition features new and updated topics, such as:

• Life-threatening and chronic illnesses

• Incorporating your religious beliefs into your estate plan  

• Assisted reproduction and its resulting estate planning implications

• Civil unions and same-sex marriages

• Elder abuse and care

• Information about Roth IRAs in estate plans

• The impact of digital assets on estate planning