The Peace of Mind Series · Margaret K. Ellis
A little planning.
A lot of peace
of mind.
Practical, plain-English guides to estate planning, living trusts and retirement benefits.
For you today. For the people you love tomorrow.
THE PEACE OF MIND SERIES Four books. Your next step.
Start where you are
Which guide fits your next step?
You don’t need every book.
Just the one that helps you move forward.
Put your affairs in order
Gather the accounts, documents and wishes your family would need.
Get Your Affairs in Order BOOK 02Understand living trusts
Work out whether a trust fits, and what happens after you sign.
Living Trusts Made Simple BOOK 03Plan your retirement benefits
Make sense of claiming choices, coverage and deadlines.
Social Security & Medicare BOOK 04Choose one estate-planning volume
Books One and Two, revised and combined, with additional resources.
Wills, Trusts & Estate PlanningMeet the series · 36 seconds
More clarity.
Less left to guess.
A quiet introduction to the books—and what each one can help you do.
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Three focused guides, plus a combined estate-planning edition. Find the book that fits your next step.
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Make things clearer for the people you love. Put your affairs in order. Understand living trusts. Make sense of Social Security & Medicare.
Prefer one estate-planning volume? Books One and Two, revised and combined—with additional resources. Find your guide at ellisfamilyguides.com.
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A closer look
Practical help, one book at a time.
The Peace of Mind Series · Book One
Get Your Affairs in Order
Your complete Estate Planner: a plain-English guide plus a fill-in organizer for wills, trusts, digital assets, and everything your family needs to know.
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“It is not a dry legal textbook and deals with death empathetically… an outstanding work that is concise, clearly written, and full of practical advice, covering factors that you may never have considered. This valuable resource is highly recommended.” Leonard Smuts for Readers’ Favorite — five stars
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The Peace of Mind Series · Book Two
Living Trusts Made Simple
Your complete Trust Planner: a plain-English guide to whether you need a trust at all — and, if you do, how to fund it so it actually does the job it was bought for.
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“Margaret K. Ellis’s Living Trusts Made Simple offers a clear, straightforward guide to handling property transfers and preparing for the future… It brings real honesty to long-term financial security… This book hands you the perfect roadmap to lock in your estate and protect your family’s legacy.” Robert Collier III for Readers’ Favorite — five stars
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The Peace of Mind Series · Book Three
Social Security & Medicare
Your complete Benefits Planner: when to claim, which Medicare plan actually fits, and every deadline that keeps costing you if you miss it.
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“A comprehensive guide that will provide answers… a step-by-step guide that explains the entire process, from what you may claim to how to go about it. Ellis describes the rules, warns of the possible pitfalls, and demystifies the complexities… a valuable reference work for years to come.” Leonard Smuts for Readers’ Favorite — five stars
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Paperback, hardcover and ebook — all three editions here.
The Peace of Mind Series · Book Four · 3-in-1
Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning
The complete 3-in-1 guide: your will, your living trust, and every affair in order — in one book. A revised and combined edition of Books One and Two, with all 50 states at a glance and the worksheets printed right in.
An alternative to buying Books One and Two separately. Social Security & Medicare is a separate guide.
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Paperback and hardcover — editions here.
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Every figure in an Ellis Family Guide is checked against the primary source — the statute itself, not another book's summary. Where the law is genuinely unsettled, the book says so instead of guessing.
And because these numbers move, the books move with them: every title is reviewed and refreshed on a regular schedule. The current state-by-state tables are always free on the companion page — there, each figure is printed with the statute cited beside it, so you or your attorney can check the source directly.
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Free checklists, printable organizer pages, state reference tables and official resources for U.S. readers. No book purchase required.
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- 01 The Quick-Start Checklist
- 02 50-state reference tables
- 03 Printable organizer pages
- 04 The Yearly Estate Check-up
- 05 Fifteen free, official resources