Family relationships often feel safest until money enters the picture. A reader reached out to us after an inheritance triggered pressure from a parent, quiet manipulation and a legal threat that ...

Having now announced it will close on March 15 (earlier than expected), we might look at exactly why The Inheritance failed to connect with New York audiences. The play’s blueprint is E. M. Forster’s ...

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As record numbers of baby boomers reach retirement age, I keep coming across articles and studies about living inheritances. When structured correctly, a living inheritance (also known as an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ashley L. Case, J.D., LL.M., writes about tax and estate planning. Few things can complicate the otherwise straightforward matter ...

Q. I’m wondering what happens when the heir of an estate is a trust rather than an individual. Many parents with a disabled descendant would not leave their money to the individual but instead use a ...