Part I: Getting Started with Your Will or Trust.

Chapter 1: Ensuring That Your Last Wishes Are Honored.

Chapter 2: Making Crucial Decisions.

Chapter 3: Gathering Per tinent Information.

Chapter 4: Planning Your Bequests.

Chapter 5: Providing for Your Children and Dependents.

Chapter 6: Dipping into Your Pocket: The Tax Man (and Others).

Part II: Everything You Need to Know about Wills.

Chapter 7: Writing and Signing a Will.

Chapter 8: Navigating the Land Mines.

Chapter 9: When You Already Have a Will.

Chapter 10: Estate Administration: What Happens in Probate Court.

Part III: Trust Me! How Trusts Work.

Chapter 11: The Anatomy of a Trust.

Chapter 12: Dead or Alive: Picking Your Trust.

Chapter 13: When You Already Have a Trust.

Part IV: Carrying Out the Intent of Your Will and Trust.

Chapter 14: Planning for Your Incapacity.

Chapter 15: Those Cushy Retirement Funds.

Chapter 16: Life Insurance: Making Sure It Doesn’t Backfire.

Chapter 17: Your Castle: How It’s Owned Makes a Huge Difference.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 18: Ten Common Will Mistakes.

Chapter 19: Ten Reasons to Have a Trust.

Chapter 20: Ten Tax Traps to Avoid When Planning Your Estate.

Part VI: Appendixes.

Appendix A: State Signing Requirements.

Appendix B: State Inheritance Taxes.

Appendix C: Estate Planning Questionnaire.

Appendix D: About the CD.

Index.