Stocker on Drawing Wills and Trusts

Stocker on Drawing Wills and Trusts has been a staple in the library of attorneys and estate planners for more than fifty years. It offers you uniquely clear, field-tested drafting guidance that ensures wills and trusts fully express clients' wishes without provoking costly legal challenges. Enhanced by hundreds of labor-saving sample forms and clauses, the fourteenth edition of Stocker gives you the skills to help clients capitalize on the full range of tax-saving and non-tax opportunities, including: • pinpointing testators' concerns and goals before drafting • translating clients' objectives into precise provisions • amending wills before their execution • drafting legacies that clearly define articles and legatees • specifying tangible personal property • ensuring tax clauses in wills match the directions provided in trusts • avoiding drafting pitfalls • anticipating contingencies that could upset wills or trusts, and • executing wills properly so they withstand probate contests. Stocker on Drawing Wills and Trusts is a vital planning tool for estates, trusts, and tax planning specialists and any general practitioner involved in crafting wills and trusts.