Includes index.
When death occurs
Becoming an executor
Strategies before death
Wills, organ donations, and funerals
Sorting the assets and liabilities
Avoiding or minimizing probate
Initiating probate
Creditors claims
Taxes
Managing, distributing, and closing the probate estate
When there is no will
Settling a trust
Protecting the survivors.
The executor's handbook : a step-by-step guide to settling an estate for executors, administrators, and beneficiaries by Theodore E. Hughes. ISBN 9780816066674. Published by Facts On File, Inc. in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.