The Executor's Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide to Settling an Estate for Personal Representatives, Administrators, and Beneficiaries

Timely and up-to-date, The Executor's Handbook remains one of the only comprehensive step-by-step guides for nonprofessional estate executors, providing clear explanations of the most arcane aspects of estate law. Topics covered include the responsibilities associated with being an executor, understanding the provisions of a will, managing or liquidating assets, dealing with beneficiaries and creditors, handling income and death taxes, resolving family issues and situations, dispersal of non-monetary items, and much more. Complete with jargon-free definitions of legal terms, samples of legal forms, and a look at hidden funeral expenses, this book is an invaluable guide to anyone acting as an executor or considering doing so, or for anyone looking for an executor.