Chen Kai likens his work to promoting the use of condoms. People are starting to hear cautionary tales about what can go wrong and so are becoming interested in protecting themselves, he says. But ...

Inheriting a windfall may seem like a dream come true, but it can cause tremendous anxiety and guilt, and it can even leave you financially worse off. For instance, Mike and Noel, both 34 and recently ...

Inheritance is one of the last reliable ways for younger Californians to own their first home. About 18% of all property transfers in the state last year, representing nearly 60,000 homes, were made ...

While Grim Reaper guides you to the afterlife, Uncle Sam will be escorting your heirs to the IRS. Death can be a tax-triggering event, with two in particular you should be aware of: the estate tax and ...

Inheritance disputes within families have jumped in recent years due to changes in how and where we live, according to lawyers, who warned of the urgent need for people to get their affairs in order ...

Money drives people nuts. So can families. Together they are combustible, need and greed mixing with primal resentments and rivalries. This is why, like the “marriage plot”, the inheritance plot is ...

Jeffrey Epstein identified people who would inherit his $630 million fortune in a secret document. The document shows that ex-girlfriend Karyna Shuliak would get $100 million and all his properties.

I have been managing my widowed mother’s finances for the past few years. She is 90 years old and her trust consists of a home, an IRA that I am trying to gradually wind down over the next five years, ...

America’s adult children say they are ready to manage that inheritance now. Their parents might disagree. A report from Fidelity Investments sheds new light on an estate-planning generation gap. Aging ...