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Elder Law: Estate Planning

Information about estate planning, long-term care, medicaid, medical directives, and nursing home issues.

What is Estate Planning?

Estate Planning is the process of figuring out what will happen to a person's property upon death.  It also includes decisions about  care of minor children and their property, as well as taxes, avoiding probate,  health care during a person's life, and what happens to one's body after death. Please click the following link for more details about estate planning. Betsy Simmons Hannibal, What is Estate Planning?, Nolo: Estate Planning Overview

 

Useful Estate Planning Treatises

Hawaii Estate Planning Titles