Build Your Legacy Now

Build Your Legacy Now: A Practical Guide to Estate Planning demystifies the estate planning process for individuals and families who aren't certain how to begin. Author and attorney William Blinn Bates, Jr., draws on his firm's multi-generational estate planning expertise to address the indecision that prevents many people from undertaking estate planning when the time is right to do so. The book breaks down the differences between wills and trusts and highlights the importance of a structured approach to estate planning that accounts for asset ownership, estate taxes, and the unique considerations each client faces. Build Your Legacy Now underscores that estate planning cannot wait. Guided by the information in this book, readers will be ready to make an appointment with an attorney who can help them take action now so their wishes will be carried out as intended later.