About this item
Acting as the executor, representative, or administrator of an estate is a complicated and time-consuming task, not only in an administrative sense but often in an emotional sense as well. The Executor’s Handbook, Fourth Edition is a comprehensive guide for readers who need help understanding the basics of the procedures that settle an estate. In practical and straightforward language, it covers all aspects of estate administration, including funeral arrangements, organ donation, administering probate, dealing with the deceased's assets and liabilities, and personal representative's compensation. You will understand not only your responsibilities but the responsibilities of those who will be assisting you. Tables of state income tax rates, intestacy laws, and state-by-state probate requirements are also included, and a glossary, index, and list of recommended works complete this handbook.
About the Author
Theodore E. Hughes (1942- ) , Michigan Assistant Attorney General (Ret) , was born in N. Conway, New Hampshire, grew up in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and graduated from Eastern Michigan University and the Detroit College of Law. Ted is a Michigan attorney skilled in wills, trusts, and estate planning...subjects he has taught at Thomas M. Cooley Law School and continues teaching at Michigan State University. He has authored two sets of lawbooks for the legal profession and is the senior author of seven nationally published books on estate planning, estate settlement, and related subjects. His latest books include "The Handbook to Wills, Funerals and Probate" (3rd ed) and "The Executor's Handbook" (4th ed) .
