The grieving process is always challenging. But for many families, the slow legal process of distributing an inheritance compounds emotional pain with financial uncertainty. When pressing needs for ...

If you pass away and leave property, money or possessions to a loved one, your estate may owe a tax to the government. While there is no federal inheritance tax, some states do require that some ...

My elderly parents have a substantial estate which, if they were to pass away, would (if divided equally among the children) exceed the amount allowed to be given tax-free to a child. I have heard ...