Inheritance

Baby Boomers Say They'd Rather Inherit Stories Than Possessions: Study

Posted 05.25.2012

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In her book Storytelling & the Art of Imagination, author Nancy Mellon writes, "Storytelling gives us love and courage for life ... storytelling puts ...

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How To Divide An Inheritance

Reuters | Posted 04.26.2012

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By Mitch Lipka April 25 (Reuters) - When an older relative dies, the family often finds itself with the stamp collecti...

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WATCH: Hugh Grant On Fatherhood, His New Films And Why He Hates Trust Funds

Posted 05.29.2012

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Actor Hugh Grant, 51, recently traded in his traditional romantic roles for something a bit more animated. Grant has loaned his voice to the character...

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Estate Planning: What You Don't Say Can Hurt You

The Huffington Post | Ann Brenoff | Posted 05.15.2012

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My friend Jim Flanagan in New Jersey always said he planned to live to be 100 and die with one shiny nickel left to his name. His four children -- and...

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Surprise! You're Rich.

USA Today | Sandra Block | Posted 04.09.2012

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Chelsea Logan was a month and a half away from her 21st birthday when her father died suddenly from a heart attack. As her family struggled to cope wi...

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When I Lost My Mother, I Lost Someone Else, Too

Claire Bidwell Smith | Posted 04.10.2012

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Without my mother, I couldn't possibly go on. I couldn't grow up, become a woman, do things that she would never know about, go places she'd never been, think things I couldn't tell her.

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Financial Planning for Later Marriages

Jason Alderman | Posted 03.11.2012

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Congratulations on finding love later in life. Don't be put off by all the important financial decisions you'll need to make together, but do be informed, so your marriage gets off on the right foot.

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Bursting Boomers' Inheritance Dreams

www.investopedia.com | Posted 01.07.2012

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Inheritance! Everybody wants one and according to an avalanche of media reports over the past decade, the baby boomers are first in line to get the li...

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Father-Daughter Businesses All About Dad

Posted 12.29.2011

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The Grindstone: It's hard enough for a woman to get into the C-suite at a company they work at independently. But what about when Dad is the hiring...

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Most Post50s Do Not Have Living Wills: Poll

AP | JENNIFER C. KERR | Posted 01.16.2012

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WASHINGTON — Many baby boomers don't have end-of-life legal documents such as a living will – and some say it's because they feel healthy ...

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Which New Book Sold More Copies Than Steve Jobs Biography?

AP | Posted 01.11.2012

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NEW YORK -- The conclusion to Christopher Paolini's "Inheritance" fantasy cycle sold nearly 500,000 copies on its first day of release, one of the yea...

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What Will You Pass On? It Might Be More Valuable Than You Think

Levi Ben-Shmuel | Posted 01.01.2012

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Many of us live our "legacies" every day through how we conduct ourselves and by following our chosen paths with integrity. Sharing lessons by example to the next generation is a powerful and wonderful gift.

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Family Googled 'Easiest Way To Kill An Old Person' Before Beating Grandpa With Bricks

Posted 12.03.2011

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Before attempting to murder an 89-year-old relative for inheritance money, a British family Googled "the easiest way to kill an old person," according...

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The New Age Of Inherited Wealth

WSJ | Robert Frank | Posted 11.22.2011

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By Robert Frank of the Wall Street Journal The release of the latest Forbes 400 List of Americans is, once again, being billed as a triumph of self...

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Send Your Orphan Heirlooms Home

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 10.09.2011

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About a decade ago, I accidentally launched into a sub-hobby of genealogy - one I refer to as orphan heirloom rescues. The idea is to return items to descendants of their original owners.

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The Legacy Of Our Stuff

Rachael Freed | Posted 08.30.2011

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Ethical wills are about values, not valuables. But what about the category of "stuff" you can't take with you -- of value or not?

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Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is

Irvin G. Schorsch III | Posted 08.28.2011

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When most people think of estate planning, they think of creating wills and trusts to distribute their financial assets. If our legacy is to be lasting, we must preserve and perpetuate our values as well.

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Missing Warhol Portrait Of Farrah Fawcett Found In Ryan O'Neal's Bedroom?

Posted 08.23.2011

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A well-known portrait of Farrah Fawcett by Andy Warhol may have been found at the home of the late actress' longtime boyfriend, actor Ryan O'Neal. The...

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A Different Look at Life Insurance

Don McNay | Posted 07.14.2011

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Why give your family a lump sum and have them blow it? Most insurance policies have options to pay out over time, but few people use them. It limits them to the terms of the insurance company. Thus, I came up with a simple system.

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Facebook Movie: The Arrogance of Achievement vs. the Arrogance of Inheritance

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

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The word on the street is that the Facebook movie, The Social Network, ruins Mark Zuckerberg's reputation. I'm not so sure.

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When Love and Money Are at War

Jane Isay | Posted 05.25.2011

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C.C. Wang had already donated some 60 works to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and established the C.C. Wang Family Gallery. After the battle over the estate was joined, the word "family" may carry some irony.

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Children Getting Too Much Money, Too Soon

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Many young people who blow their money look back and wish they had a second chance to do it right.

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The Meek Sue to Inherit the Earth!

Mark C. Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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he International Meek Persons Organization is presenting a class-action lawsuit before the International Court of Justice, the United Nations' principle organ of justice, on behalf of the world's meek.

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Don't Count on an Inheritance

Jason Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earlier this decade, headlines blared that trillions of dollars soon would begin changing hands in the largest wealth transfer in history, as depressi...

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