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We continue to find ourselves in uncertain times - and uncertainty promises to be the state of things for the foreseeable future. Therefore, clients' plans are often fraught with risk and demand flexible and creative solutions. Attorney Jerold I. Horn provides just these solutions in the new Eighth Edition of Flexible Trusts and Estates for Uncertain Times. Written for lawyers you already possess a sophisticated understanding of estate planning and will and trust drafting issues, this book contains the wisdom and experience of Horn's decades of practice. The new edition further refines and expands the analysis experienced practitioners have come to expect from this title, with more than 150 sample forms, more than 20 complete wills, trusts, and other instruments, and extensive analysis of options for creating and completing all of these. Lawyers new to the area will find a great deal of helpful information as well, as Horn provides the framework for understanding concepts, then details the multitude of options available. Flexible Trusts and Estates for Uncertain Times has been an indispensable resource for attorneys engaged in estate planning and instrument drafting for many years. Lawyers who have consulted previous editions will find Horn's many updates useful and informative. Those new to the work will quickly learn why it is considered a classic in the field.

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Jerold I. Horn, a member of the Illinois and Pennsylvania bars, has practiced law in Peoria, Illinois, for more than fifty years. He is a graduate of Princeton University (AB, summa cum laude) and Yale University Law School. He is a fellow and past president of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, a former fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel, a member of the American Law Institute, and a former visiting adjunct professor at the University of Miami Law School. He has written numerous articles about estate planning, authored seven prior editions of Flexible Trusts and Estates for Uncertain Times and both editions of Planning and Drafting for the Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax (ALI-ABA 2d ed. 1994), coauthored many editions of Drafting Wills and Trust Agreements (Ill. Inst. Cont. Leg. Ed. 1990), and lectured frequently at tax planning institutes and continuing education programs.

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