New Estate Planning Book Highlights Special Assets,
From Fido to the Family Farm

OAKLAND, CALIF.—Some assets pose distinct counseling and drafting considerations for California estate planning attorneys. Now attorneys have an invaluable new tool at their disposal, with Estate Planning for Special Assets, a brand new book from CEB written by leading experts throughout the state.

This book offers practical guidance on gathering the necessary information, drafting the appropriate instruments, and counseling clients to carry out their wishes regarding an array of assets, including vacation homes and vineyards, companion animals and artworks, and restricted securities and patents.

Estate Planning for Special Assets provides in-depth coverage on:

• Preserving family vacation homes for future generations

• Keeping a business in the family

• Handling restricted securities and stock options

• Providing for pets/companion animals upon incapacity or death

• Charitable giving of artworks

• Disposal of a law practice

Estate Planning for Special Assets (ES33510, 525 pages, updated 12/04, $199) can be purchased online at ceb.com or by calling Customer Service at 1-800-232-3444. A Forms CD is also available at $49.95 (book purchase required), containing specialized documents such as pet trust provisions, vacation home trust provisions, deed forms, and gift language for giving of artworks.

This new book bolsters CEB's exceptional collection of estate-planning resources and will be the showpiece of a new CEB MCLE program, Special Assets in Estate Planning, in January 2005.

CEB, a California nonprofit continuing legal education provider and publisher founded in 1947, is part of the University of California and is co-sponsored by the State Bar of California. For more information, visit ceb.com.

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Note to Editors: For a free review copy of Estate Planning for Special Assets, contact Jill Goetz at (510) 302-2132; refer to priority code 7080.