(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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

For an estate plan to be complete and successful, vital information must be provided to the people who will implement it.

At the time, the attorney said all beneficiaries needed to wait eight months before the proceeds of the sale would be ...

The case follows a high-profile November settlement in which Simpson's estate agreed to pay Ron Goldman's family $58 million, ...

Copies of Jeffrey Epstein’s last will and testament show that the convicted sex offender and disgraced financier provide a real-time glimpse of the power players who were part of his life.