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A recent Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling has potentially profound implications for how the IRS values and applies the estate tax when the estate

When property is used in the commission of a crime or when it is purchased with the proceeds of a criminal act, government offices can

People often worry that their children will waste their inheritances. If she could be asked, one woman from Utah would probably be quite pleased about

Every civil action in the United States is subject to a statute of limitations. That is a time period within which a lawsuit must be

New rules on inheritance laws have come into effect in the European Union which basically allows people to choose which laws they want to apply

When a person promises to give a certain inheritance to another person and breaks that promise in a will, it is possible to challenge the

The IRS has long been upset that courts have allowed wealthy families to put their assets in family partnerships or limited liability companies and receive

One of the standards of local TV news is a segment that has a reporter investigate and try to help with a community member’s problems.

The latest in a long string of battles between Jimi Hendrix’s siblings may have been settled, but with proper estate planning it might not have

You don’t have to be a CEO or multimillionaire to benefit from a trust. If you have highly specific wishes on how and when you

Parents of college-bound students may be so distracted by tuition payments and dorm-room shopping that they forget one important fact: your 18-year-old “child” is a

It may be an unpleasant task to think about your own mortality, but the fact is, writing a will is one of the smartest financial