With its many fact-driven issues, estate planning is perfectly suited to the hypothetical approach you will find in Drafting Estate Plans. A practical power source for your next estate planning drafting challenge, this book sets forth clear, real-life case studies, and then presents the drafting techniques and strategies you can use to tailor an estate plan precisely to your client's situation. The book covers such topics as the estate plan for a young couple with children, grandparents who wish to make bequests to their grandchildren, the married couple with a potentially taxable estate, the client who seeks a plan to perpetuate a family business, and the individual looking at retirement and beyond. The authors were selected for their particular expertise in each of the topic areas so you gain the very best practices, caveats, tips and seasoned guidance.
Table of Contents
Chapter 01 - Introduction
Chapter 02 - The Single Individual or Couple With or Without Minor Children
Chapter 03 - The Married Couple with a Taxable or Potentially Taxable Estate
Chapter 04 - Older Clients and Long-Term Care
Chapter 05 - Planning for Disabled Beneficiaries
Chapter 06 - Making Charitable Contributions
Chapter 07 - Family-Owned Businesses and LLCs
Chapter 08 - Planning Bequests or Gifts to Grandchildren
Chapter 09 - Postmortem Planning
Chapter 10 - Retirement Planning
Author(s)
Editor(s)Judith R. Mendel, Esq.,
Mendel & Associates, Waltham
Matthew L. Wolfman, Esq.,
Mendel & Associates, LLC, Waltham
Author(s)
Michael T. Baker, Esq.,
Baker Law Group, PC, Hingham
Magda L. Fleckner, Esq.,
Goulston & Storrs, PC, Boston
Perry Ganz, Esq.,
Ganz Law Group, Natick
Laura Goodman, Esq.,
Margolis Bloom & D'Agostino, Wellesley Hills
Jeffrey P. Hart, Esq.,
Tarlow, Breed, Hart & Rodgers, PC, Boston
Melissa Langa, Esq.,
Bove & Langa, PC, Boston
Harry S. Margolis, Esq.,
Margolis Bloom & D'Agostino, Wellesley Hills
Karen B. Mariscal, Esq.,
Mariscal Special Needs Law, Wellesley
Karen L. McKenna, Esq.,
Tarlow, Breed, Hart & Rodgers, PC, Boston
Judith R. Mendel, Esq.,
Mendel & Associates, Waltham
Eric R. Oalican, Esq.,
Oalican Law Group LLC, Raynham
Deborah Pechet Quinan, Esq.,
John H. Ramsey, Esq.,
Goulston & Storrs, PC, Boston
Jon E. Steffensen, Esq.,
McLane Middleton, Boston
Karen L. Witherell, Esq.,
Bove & Langa, PC, Boston
Matthew L. Wolfman, Esq.,
Mendel & Associates, LLC, Waltham