How To Divide An Inheritance
By Mitch Lipka April 25 (Reuters) - When an older relative dies, the family often finds itself with the stamp collecti...
By Mitch Lipka April 25 (Reuters) - When an older relative dies, the family often finds itself with the stamp collecti...
AP | RODRIQUE NGOWI | Posted 02.25.2012
BOSTON -- With only eight days to live, a wealthy, ailing Massachusetts merchant wrote in his will 351 years ago that he was leaving a spectacular 35-...
Posted 03.14.2012
Finance expert Suze Orman discusses the differences between a will and a trust and why both are important to have. var src_url="http://pshared.5min....
AP | JENNIFER C. KERR | Posted 01.16.2012
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 ...
The New Old Age | Posted 01.15.2012
A family that contacted me recently has had numerous disagreements about their mother's small estate, but the most contentious issue is what to do abo...
Judith Acosta | Posted 12.27.2011
What I lacked in my 20s was more than luck. I have survived those years, so in my eyes, I had more luck than many of my peers did. What was missing was both will and character.
Jay Weston | Posted 09.21.2011
Will is a family film with a soccer theme, and you would think that with the soccer excitement throughout the world last week for the women's soccer finals, businessmen would grab such a heartwarming movie with this theme.
Irvin G. Schorsch III | Posted 08.28.2011
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.
AP/The Huffington Post | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 03.26.2012
NEW YORK — Huguette Clark, the Montana copper mining heiress who died in New York last month at 104, has left most of her $400 million fortune to th...
Jill Brooke | Posted 05.25.2011
It used to be that parents were the ones counseling kids to have pre-nups and not be silly romantics. But these days -with 500,000 new marriages a year between couples over the age of 65 - it's more likely that it's the adult kids of divorce who are worrying about financial futures and now asking, insisting or even begging their parents to get pre-nups.
Jason Alderman | Posted 11.17.2011
Recently, a man stepping off a curb near my office was struck and killed by a passing bus. Only 49, he clearly had many productive years ahead. Readin...
Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011
It could be that President Obama is a small town guy after all. His early adulthood on the south side of Chicago is where he found a "small town" environment that embraced him.
wsj.com | MELINDA BECK | Posted 11.17.2011
Forget about the health-reform debate for the moment. Should you have a living will specifying the kind of care you'd want at the end of life if you c...
Patt Cottingham | Posted 05.25.2011
There is clear evidence that within the Islamic republic there is a growing movement away from the denial of a people's rights toward transparency and truth.
Jordan M. Atin | Posted 05.25.2011
The disappointment felt by the Jackson family, is likely a result of the fact that Michael did not advise them of his choice of executors prior to his death.
Jordan M. Atin | Posted 05.25.2011
Rather than directing how his assets are being disposed of in the will itself, Jackson directs that his assets should be disposed of in accordance with his previously established family trust.
Jordan M. Atin | Posted 11.17.2011
If reports are true, Michael Jackson may have died without a Will. No wonder, he was like a child that would never grow up.
Posted 05.25.2011
George Will, asked to respond by George Stephanopoulos to Republican criticism of President Obama for not being forceful enough in injecting himself r...
Jordan M. Atin | Posted 11.17.2011
Although you think you really know your siblings, you may be wrong.
Reuters | Posted 04.26.2012