Dog Law

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Mary Randolph

Pets & Animal Care

Nolo.com

The Deeds Book. California Edition

Business & Money

Real Estate

Nolo

For many stepparents, adoption is a way to guarantee their family a solid footing. It's also a good way to avoid confusion over inheritance or guardianship. This California edition guide provides all the forms and step-by-step instructions necessary to complete an uncontested stepparent adoption.

How to Adopt Your Stepchild in California (Do Your Own California Adoption: Nolo's Guide for Stepparents & Domestic Partners)

Frank Zagone

The Deeds Book

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

This book provides a clear explanation of eight important--and often overlooked--probate avoidance techniques: setting up pay-on-death bank accounts; naming a beneficiary for retirement accounts; registering vehicles in transfer-on-death forms; holding property in joint ownership; taking advantage of simplified probate laws; creating a living trust; and giving away property before death. Includes 50 state charts.

8 Ways to Avoid Probate (Quick & Legal Series)

Personal Finance

Whenever real estate is transferred--whether because of marriage, divorce, death or for estate planning purposes--a new deed is needed. THE DEEDS BOOK shows how to choose the right deed, complete the forms, and record them in the county recorder's public records. Includes all the necessary forms and instructions for use in the state of California.

The Deeds Book: How to Transfer Title to California Real Estate (4th Edition)

Business

America's estimated 50 million dogs are governed by laws. Completely updated to reflect the most recent legal changes, this revised third edition of a very helpful handbook answers common legal questions about biting, barking, veterinarians, leash laws, travel, landlords, wills, guide dogs, pit bulls, cruelty, and much more.

Legal Self-Help

8 Ways to Avoid Probate, 2nd Ed. (Quick & Legal Series)

Own a dog? Live down the street from one? If so, you need Dog Law. America's estimated 50 million dogs are governed by many things: the stomach, the nose. and the law. These are laws that you as a dog owner, or as the neighbor of a dog, need to know. Attorney and longtime dog-owner, author Mary Randolph answers common legal questions on such topics as: • biting. • barking. • veterinarians. • leash laws. • travel. • landlords. • wills. • guide dogs. • pit bulls. • cruelty. • and much more.

Dog Law (4th National Edition)

Estate planning? You can save your family time, money and peace of mind with a few easy steps. Probate court proceedings can drag on for years, and the costs--lawyer's fees, appraisal fees, court fees -- can easily eat up thousands of dollars that would otherwise go to your family. 
Luckily, there are simple and effective ways to completely avoid probate. Some are so simple that they can be taken care of in the time it takes to open a bank account-and most of them won't cost you a penny. 
With 8 Ways to Avoid Probate, learn how to take advantage of eight important -- and often overlooked -- probate-avoidance strategies: 
set up payable-on-death bank accounts 
name a beneficiary for retirement accounts 
register stocks &amp; bonds, and vehicles, in transfer-on-death forms 
hold property in joint ownership 
take advantage of special procedures for small estates 
create a living trust 
give away property now Updated state-by-state charts show you which probate-avoidance techniques are available where you live. 8 Ways to Avoid Probate also contains detailed examples of how combining probate-avoidance methods can work for you in different stages of your life.

8 Ways to Avoid Probate

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