Estate planning is an important part of financial preparedness, yet it’s often overlooked. According to a survey conducted by Caring.com, the amount of Americans with a will declined from 33% in 2022 ...

Estate law often collides with tech privacy rules, leaving families locked out of email, photos, and online accounts.

(This article is adapted from the new book 5@55: The 5 Essential Legal Documents You Need by Age 55.) One of the most important things someone can do to best ensure their estate is handled without a ...

The executor of an estate is someone who wraps up a deceased individual’s financial affairs. If the deceased has a will, the will usually names a close relative, friend, accountant, attorney or ...

Executors across the United States regularly discover that managing a parent’s estate creates emotional crosscurrents that ...

Dear Liz: A lifelong friend has made me executor of his will. He has one brother who is named in the will only to be told that he is not included. My friend’s estate is left to two other lifelong ...

Consider the hypothetical case of Jessica from Minneapolis, whose father died four years ago. She was entitled to a ...

Financial drama has been ruled out as Matthew Perry's estate executor hands over his assets to his family. The late actor's manager, Lisa Ferguson, the appointed executor to his estate, has reportedly ...

Larry King’s widow, Shawn King, requested to be the executor of his estate despite the fact that he cut her out of his will prior to his death. Shawn, 61, filed the legal documents, obtained by Page ...

The U.S. Tax Court upheld the IRS’s determination that the estate was liable for an estate tax deficiency and addition to tax, and that the taxpayer was liable as a ...

Jeffrey Epstein's wills named figures like Larry Summers and Jes Staley as possible executors, DOJ files show.

The executor of O.J. Simpson's estate accepted Fred Goldman's $58 million creditor claim but the estate lacks funds to cover ...