After completing Estate Planning: Considering Your Family the user should be able to:

	Determine the qualifications needed for a guardian
	Recognize the different options available for providing for children in a will
	Describe spousal property rights
	Identify the areas of an estate affected by a divorce
	Prepare for a will contest

Choosing a Guardian

	A minor issue of major importance
	The guardian's duties
	How to select a guardian

Managing Your Child's Assets

	The trust alternative
	Your child and your estate: entitlements

Your Spouse's Rights

	Spousal rights
	A different kind of election
	"Bumping up" an estate

Divorce and Its Consequences

	The prenup as love flies out the window
	The American way of divorce

Challenging a Will

	Simple incompetence
	Undue influence: a tough one to prove
	Poor execution
	Witnesses but not beneficiaries
	"Messing up" a will

Things to Avoid

	The "don'ts" we often "do"
	Making abusive remarks
	Making an omission without explanation
	Making promises: don't
	Making codicils that change beneficiaries
	A joint will? No!
	Making a separate list of "gifts"
	Making changes on a will

This course has the following features:

	Exercises that allow users to practice the skills needed to prepare an estate plan
	A file containing the text of the exercises
	A file containing the text of the legal documents presented in the course
	Activities that allow users to apply concepts in an interactive questioning environment
	A glossary
	A Skill Assessment

	Estate Planning: Starting an Estate Plan (EPLC01)
	Estate Planning: Sorting Out Your Assets (EPLC02)
	Estate Planning: Preparing Your Will (EPLC03)
	Estate Planning: All About Probate (EPLC04)