Product Description

• Ensure that your inheritance instructions will he carried out -- the way you want them to be

• Protect your child's inheritance from creditors, ex-spouses, addictions, tax troubles, mismanagement, squandering, and other risks of loss

• Prevent family conflict that can arise when parents die and children divide the "family money"

• Leave more money to your children and grandchildren, and less to the IRS -- and understand the hidden cost of a "death tax" repeal

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #432257 in Books
• Published on: 2001-06-07
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .1 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 480 pages

From Booklist
Almost all books on estate planning explain how to maximize inheritance, minimize taxes, avoid probate, set up trusts, etc. The Condons, father and son lawyers, do this, too, but what they also do is consider the psychological and emotional aspects of leaving and inheriting money. Presenting more scenarios than a season full of made-for-television movies, the Condons cover such possibilities as "protecting" the inheritance from one's child's spouse, preventing squabbles over inherited property, selecting trustees or guardians, avoiding disputes between second spouses and children of one's first marriage, leaving money for pets, etc. With good sense, humor, and authority, the authors provide a thorough look at inheritance planning with an eye toward maintaining good, stable family relations well after the estate has been settled. David Rouse

--Los Angeles Times
"[Beyond the Grave] aims to show how proper estate planning leaves your family secure -- not at war."

Ingram
For everyone concerned with preventing family conflict over their estates, this is the first book to give precise instructions that ensure that each heir receives an equitable and thoughtful legacy--while the IRS and lawyers get the minimum amount.