"This guide shows the reader how to administer a living trust step by step. It discusses how to: decide whether to take on the job of trustee; set up ongoing trusts for surviving spouses, children, or beneficiaries with special needs; invest trust assets; get help from lawyers, financial planners, and other experts; handle taxes and prepare accountings; work effectively with beneficiaries; and distribute trust property. Includes summaries of state...

"This book explains, to a national audience, how to provide for the distribution of one's assets upon death, by using designated beneficiaries, wills, and trusts"--