How to Write Your Will: The Complete Guide to Structuring Your Will, Inheritance Tax Planning, Probate and Administering an Estate

241 Pages·2008·4.99 MB·English

by  Marlene Garsia

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The complete guide tostructuring
your will, inheritance tax planning,
probate and administering an estate
17th edition
Marlene Garsia
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Readers should check before taking irrevocable action in case of changes to the
law.
While every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this
work, no responsibility for loss occasioned to any person acting or refraining
from action as a result of any statement in it can be accepted by the Author.
Amendments have been made following the Chancellor’s Budget Statement on
21 March 2007. Readers should be aware of this and obtain details of any late
amendments.
First published in 1989 entitledHow to Write a Will and Gain Probate
Thirteenth edition 2003 entitled How to Write Your Will
Fourteenth edition 2004
Fifteenth edition 2006
Sixteenth edition 2007
Seventeenth edition 2008
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© Marlene Garsia, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008
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