By Gene Zafft, Robert Zafft, Paperback: 128 pages, published:(February 28, 2023).
This book will help you and your loved ones expect - and plan for - the unexpected. Learn how to use Will and Estate planning to preserce and pass on welath to loved ones, to make the most of insurance and retirement benefits, to minimize taxes, and to promost family welfare and harmoney.
What are the best ways to avoid probate? How much/little can I leave my
spouse? When is it fair to treat my children unequally? How should I leave
money or property to someone not old or wise enough to manage it?
When do I need to worry about federal estate taxes, and what are the basics
of estate-tax planning? How do I avoid being kept alive articially�or prevent
having treatment stopped�if I become incapacitated?
These are the questions that you should be asking when you draw up one of
the most important legal documents is your life: your will.
The field of Wills & Estates contains many traps for the unwary: probate
courts can tie up your property for a year or more and generate thousands of
dollars in fees and costs. Federal taxes can in some cases take almost half
of the property you worked so hard to save and seize up to three-quarters of
the money left behind in an IRA. Your most personal wishes�including
whether to keep you on life support if you become incapacitated�can be left
to the mercy people you don't know or don't trust. For $9.99, 20 Questions to
Ask about Wills & Estates can help you get a properly prepared Last Will and
Testament that can save you thousands of dollars in Legal fees by avoiding
common mistakes and pitfalls.
20 Questions to Ask about Wills & Estates is written by a father/son legal
team with over 65 years' experience counseling real people in real situations.
The authors cut through all the legal mumbo jumbo to help you take care of
yourself and your loved ones.
Robert Zafft is a Harvard-trained lawyer and member of the Illinois and
Missouri bars. He is a former partner in the Salans international law firm and
management consultant with McKinsey & Company. He has also served as a
senior legal specialist for the Paris-based Organization for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Gene Zafft, a member of the Missouri bar, has taught Estate Planning in the
Graduate Tax Program at Washington University School of Law for 45 years.
A recognized expert in the field of Trusts & Estates, Zafft has over 50 years
of private-practice experience as a principal in the St. Louis tax,
family-business and real-estate firm of Rosenblum, Goldenhersh, Silverstein
& Zafft, PC.