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Preserving Your Estate

Estate planning -- a subject few people want to think about. Visit The Estate Preservation Alliance for help on avoiding the cost of silence on the subject.

At the site, the Dallas-based firm specializing in estate planning explains that while the government should get its fair share, the bulk of your financial fruits should go to those you designate.

The site provides practical, legal solutions to the challenge of estate planning. Several resources are offered for sale, ranging from relatively inexpensive tapes, videos and books to more expensive software packages.

An alliance spokesman says there are methods to significantly reduce -- or eliminate -- the payment of estate taxes. The primary goal of estate planning should be to ensure a family's inheritance will be at the desired level and delivered in the most secure manner.