Don't Let the State Decide: Living Trusts, Wills & Estate Planning for Aging Parents

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M Samuel Carrington

Don't Let the State Decide

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Living Trusts, Wills & Estate Planning for Aging Parents

M Samuel Carrington

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Carrington Publishing
07 March 2026

Age groups: the elderly; Care of the elderly; Wills, probate & Succession

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Most books about living trusts and estate planning talk to the senior. This one talks to you - the adult child who just realized that your aging parent has nothing in place and you have no idea where to begin.

You are not alone. Millions of families across America are in the same position: a parent who has avoided the conversation, documents that are outdated or nonexistent, and siblings who can't agree on anything. The difference between families who navigate this smoothly and those who end up in court - or worse, not speaking to each other - almost always comes down to one thing: whether someone stepped up and made a plan.

This book is your guide for being that person.

Living Trusts, Wills and Estate Planning for Aging Parents walks you through every part of the process in plain, human language. You will learn how to open the conversation with a parent who resists it, understand the difference between a will and a living trust and why that difference matters enormously, and set up the right documents step by step without paying a lawyer to explain things you could have understood yourself.

Beyond the legal mechanics, this guide addresses the real challenges families face. What do you do when one parent is willing and the other refuses? How do you handle a sibling who becomes controlling or disappears entirely? What happens when cognitive decline is already setting in and the legal window to act is narrowing? How do you protect a parent who is becoming vulnerable to financial exploitation?

Each of these situations has a path through it. This book shows you the way.

By the time you finish, you will have a clear understanding of the living trust process, a completed family asset inventory, and a step-by-step action plan your entire family can follow. More importantly, you will have done something most families only wish they had done sooner - made a plan while there was still time to make one.

The greatest gift you can give your parent, and your family, is a plan. This book helps you build it.

By: M Samuel Carrington
Imprint: Carrington Publishing
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 517g
ISBN: 9798233645044
Pages: 218
Publication Date: 07 March 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active