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Estate Planning - The Process The complete guidebook

Individual chapters



Chapter 1: Introduction: Estate Planning as a Process
Chapter 2: Living and Dying Without an Estate Plan
Chapter 3: Disability
Chapter 4: Revocable Living Trust
Chapter 5: Character of Marital Property
Chapter 6: Personal Considerations
Chapter 7: Giving - A Few Considerations
Chapter 8: Asset Protection
Chapter 9: Retirement Plans
Chapter 10: Fiduciaries
Chapter 11: Transfer Tax - Overview of Structure and Reduction
Chapter 12: Trusts as Tools in Legacy Planning (in entirety); Individual Sections:

Overview - Transfer Taxes
Section A - Bypass Trust
Section B - Qualified Terminable Interest Property (QTIP) Trust
Section C - Life Insurance Trust (ILIT)
Section D - Generation Skipping Trust (GST)
Section E - Qualified Personal Residence Trust (QPRT)
Section F - Grantor Retained Annuity Trust (GRAT)
Section G - Defective Grantor Trust
Section H - Crummey Defective Grantor Spendthrift Trust ("Cake" Trust)
Section I - Charitable Remainder Trust (CRAT/CRUT)

Chapter 13: Family Limited Partnership
Chapter 14: Ownership of Property
Chapter 15: Executor's Letter

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