How To Settle Your Living Trust : How You Can Settle a Living Trust Swiftly, Easily, and Safely

Exactly what I was looking for to settle a trust. You need to know the basics of trusts but it fills in the rest of what you need to settle a trust.

I am amazed the author of this book had the nerve to write such a book. I used his company to settle my father's estate-it wasn't swiftOR easy-it was a NIGHTMARE- requiring 4 attorneys, three accountants and 3 years of constant legal work to clean up the mess that his company recreated. My father was middle class and trusted the advise he got from Mr. Abts- his advise ended costing us thousands in legal fees-, and 3 years of constant stress to get the mess he created cleaned up. When confronted - we found that not only was his advise bad but that he does not stand behind his advise or work! we had no legal recourse for his major mistakes as he is NOT an attorney!

I am in the process of settling a rather simple trust. However, I found this book of no use. Note the author first wrote a book titled "A Living Trust" which discussed setting up a living trust. "Settle a Living Trust" is a rehash of the "A Living Trust" with a little information about settling a trust. I wouldn't recommend buying this book if your seeking help in settling a trust.

As an attorney specializing in estate planning for 17 years, I found some good ideas in this book. However, there are a number of statements that are misleading at best and flat-out wrong (from a technical legal and tax standpoint), at worst. Still, your lawyer should be able to spot those and it's still a very worthwhile book, on the whole.

Some repeated sad stories from his first book "The Living Trust". Once past these, there is some very useful info. Read it very carefully, and then take questions to his outfit, or your lawyer, or both. Then advise your next trustees so they know what is coming.