Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Using Self-Help Law Books -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Basic Rules You Should Know -- What is a Will? -- Using a Will -- Spouse's Elective Share -- Community Property Issues -- Joint Tenancy -- Tenancy in Common -- Bank Accounts -- Securities and Mutual Funds -- Exempt Property -- Getting Married after Making Your Will -- Children Born after Making Your Will -- Debts -- Estate and Inheritance Taxes -- Chapter 2: Needing a New York Will -- Distributions with No Will -- Out-of-State Wills -- What a Will Cannot Do -- Simple Wills -- Using a Trust -- Chapter 3: Making a Simple Will -- Identifying Parties in Your Will -- Personal and Real Property -- Making Testamentary Gifts -- Residuary Clause -- Alternate Beneficiaries -- Survivorship -- Guardians -- Children's Trust -- Your Executor or Executrix -- Witnesses -- Self-Proving Clause -- Disinheriting Someone -- Funeral Arrangements -- Forms -- Corrections -- Chapter 4: Executing a Will -- Procedure -- Chapter 5: After You Sign Your Will -- Storing Your Will -- Revoking Your Will -- Changing Your Will -- Effect of Divorce on Your Will -- Chapter 6: Making a Living Will, Health Care Proxy, and Power of Attorney -- Living Will -- Health Care Proxy -- Power of Attorney -- Chapter 7: Making Anatomical Gifts -- Procedure -- Glossary -- Appendix A: Sample Wills and Forms -- Appendix B: Forms -- Index -- Back Cover.