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Choice in Dying
Advocates for right-to-die laws, offers counseling and educational services and publishes a variety of materials on end-of-life topics. Read the newsletter, Choices. And select "Legal Developments" for summaries of state
legislation and recent cases covering topics such as living wills, health care proxies and
physician-assisted suicide.
Crash Course in Wills and Trusts
For nonlawyers and lawyers from other specialties, here's a fine resource for wills and trusts
law basics, addressing questions about everything from the necessity for a will to how probate works
and beyond. Courtesy of lawyer and financial planner Michael T. Palermo.
Estate Planning Newsletter
Articles
California estate lawyer Mark J. Welsh presents articles from his
Estate Planning Advisory newsletter, along with articles from other expert lawyers on wills, trusts and estates topics.
Invest some time working through this useful compilation of estate planning insights and information, courtesy of Mississippi State University.
The National Charities Information
Bureau
Giving is good and there's no shortage of takers. NGIB evaluates hundreds of
national charities and offers a quick reference guide to charities that are up to snuff. Philanthropists may order reports on each organization and get free tips on smart giving.
National Network of Estate Planning
Attorneys
No one can predict the future, but everyone can plan for it.
This national network offers tips and information on estate, investment, charitable and retirement planning, tax and insurance strategies, risk management, business continuity and other wealth preservation issues.
Search the directories to locate estate planning attorneys and financial planners.
Social Security Online
The Social Security Administration's Web shop features benefits resources along with the 1997 Social Security Handbook and other federal publications and goodies.
Trust & Trustees
Trusts are tools used by individuals and businesses to protect and manage wealth and assets. This valuable showcase, from the editors of Trusts & Trustees, focuses on the formation and uses of international trusts favored by the wealthy, including planning information and insight on offshore trust laws in
destinations such as the Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. (Any volunteers to
jet over to these places for follow up?)
United Network for Organ Sharing
It's your body. If you're interested in organ donation, network with a group seeking to
"advance organ availability and transplantation ... for the benefit of patients through
education, technology and policy development."
Wills on the Web
Benjamin Franklin and Babe Ruth. Jacqueline Onassis and Jerry Garcia.
Read the last wishes and "actual wills of celebrities and ordinary people"
at this immortal collection of links to 200 wills, including that of Elvis Presley, Richard Nixon and Walt Disney,
compiled by Mark J. Welch.
Estate planning is more than realizing you can't take it with you. Here Nolo Press discusses issues that arise in making a will, creating living trusts to avoid probate, appointing executors, estate and gift taxes, funeral planning, healthcare directives, living wills and more. Rest easy.
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