TY - BOOK AU - Esperti, Robert A. AU - Peterson, Renno L.,;Cahoone, David K., ED - ED - ED - ED - TI - : definitive strategies for estate and wealth planning SN - 9780071787895 (paperback) SN - 2 PY - 2012///.46 CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - KW - 2 KW - 0 KW - 6 KW - 20 KW - Estate planning KW - United States KW - sears0 N1 - Includes index; What is estate planning? -- Title -- Jointly held property -- Disability -- No estate plan? -- Wills -- More on wills -- Probate -- The federal estate tax -- The unified system -- The gift tax -- The marital deduction -- Community property -- State death taxes -- Step-up in basis at death -- Trusts -- The revocable living trust -- Funding a revocable living trust -- Trustees -- Giving property to minors -- Planning for children -- Per stirpes versus per capita -- Generation skipping -- Disinheriting a spouse -- Planning for a spouse -- Planning for unmarried couples -- Life insurance -- Life insurance -- Life insurance -- The irrevocable life insurance trust -- Some estate planning solutions -- Freezing techniques -- Discounting the value of your estate -- Protecting your assets -- Loans to family members -- Sales to family members -- Private annuities and self-cancelling installment notes -- Personal residence trusts -- Retirement planning -- Special use valuation -- Using assets of a corporation to pay death costs -- Giving it to charity -- An estate planning summary; 5 ER -