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 ...

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

Being named an executor of an estate likely means that you’ve lost someone close to you. Dealing with death is never easy and overseeing the estate can be complicated, but staying organized can help ...

(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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jeffrey Epstein named Jes Staley and Lawrence Summers as executors of his estate in draft wills, newly released Justice ...