Setting up a trust document is just the beginning. Without transferring your assets into that trust — a process called ...

One of the biggest mistakes people make is naming minor children as beneficiaries on accounts and policies. The thought is "I'll avoid probate court because I have beneficiaries named and they'll get ...

Learn about the ongoing multi-trillion dollar U.S. wealth transfer and how you as a benefactor or heir can make the most of it through estate planning.

Even among the wealthy, estate planning isn’t flawless. U.S. Trust reports that while 91% of high-net-worth people have a ...

"I think my brother has done a terrible thing by doing this. How can I mitigate the problems he's created?" (Photo subject is a model.) ...

Derbyshire Dales District Council has been taxing second home owners double in tax, raising around £1.8 million extra ...

Chicago-area hospitals recently initiated hundreds of guardianship petitions in just 18 months, a Chicago Tribune investigation has found.

My aunt just died and I’m shocked to learn she named me executor of her will. What to do when you have to settle a loved one's estate Most people need time to process things when a family member dies.

But if you’ve been named executor in their will, you have to start processing immediately. After all, you’re now legally ...

Complex matters. Online wills fail miserably when they are used for any situation out of the ordinary, such as blended ...

(Bloomberg) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the world can make progress on a range of issues without the US, and that consensus reached at a Group of 20 leaders’ meeting in Johannesburg ...

The IRS has finalized the 10-year clean-out rule for inherited IRAs. Learn whether you need to take annual RMDs and how to ...