This thoroughly revised, comprehensive text covers every critical estate planning issue: interviewing the client, ethical issues, drafting the will, drafting the trust, tax planning, estate planning for closely held businesses, estate planning using charitable gifts, estate planning for nontraditional couples, power of attorney, health care power of attorney, living will and mental health care power of attorney, medicaid payments for long-term care, choosing fiduciaries, transferring assets outside of probate, execution and safekeeping of documents, and terminating the representation. Includes downloadable book in PDF format and forms in word-processing format.