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Moving to New York to avoid state death taxes? Really. John McManus, an estate lawyer in New Providence, N.J., has a retired client pulling in

After nearly 20 years of litigation and fighting in the press, the conflict between the estates of Anna Nicole Smith and her billionaire husband J.

A new federal rule has taken effect aimed at protecting certain spouses of reverse mortgage holders from being forced out of their homes when the

Consider the experience of John J. Scroggin, who runs a tax business and estate-planning firm in Atlanta. His father, who died in 2001, wanted to

There are a lot of books on retirement planning. I attempt to find ones that will cut through the clutter of confusion and help reduce

The coverage of Lauren Bacall's death last week has been like paging through a scrapbook of the Golden Age of Hollywood — where she was

Robin Williams was many things — a genius comedian, an Academy Award winning actor and generous philanthropist. He was also a father. Early reports suggest

Jonathan Paul Manziel got paid. The most talked-about quarterback in college football since Tim Tebow recently signed a four-year contract with the Cleveland Browns. According

Phillip Seymour Hoffman, an accomplished actor, died suddenly in February at age 46 of a suspected drug overdose. Seymour had a long-term companion, Marianne O'Donnell,