I plan to leave most of my estate to my niece, but I do not want her estranged husband to be able to get his hands on any of the money. They are not getting divorced ‘because of the child.’ What is the most economical way to do this? They live in Missouri and may be moving to South Carolina. I am a New Jersey resident.
If you wait until age 70 to start receiving Social Security retirement benefits, you generally stand to get the biggest checks. However, if you do not want to delay for that long, there is a second option where you will not take as much of a pay cut.
In past generations, families were very close, there were few estates that had any tax liability, and children respected their parents’ wishes, both before and after the parents passed away.
What’s going to happen to your assets after you die? Your parents die? Your spouse dies? It’s a conversation that’s uncomfortable to have, but one that’s extremely important.
Aretha Franklin’s youngest son is fighting to take control of the deceased singer’s estate and has filed documents asking to be named as the executor in place of her niece.
The shameless junkie ex-husband of Amy Winehouse is making a $1.4 million legal claim on her estate —eight years after her death.
In the absence of a durable power of attorney, who has the right to sign for an incapacitated person?
You’ve probably seen it in the movies or on TV hundreds of times: A close-knit family gathers for the reading of the will of a wealthy patriarch or matriarch. When the terms are revealed, someone benefits at the expense of someone else, causing a ruckus. It may even come to blows.
In their trust they leave each other their share upon death and then I would be trustee when my last parent dies. I’m really concerned about this whole deal.
Sometimes the persons involved either die simultaneously, i.e., too close in time to determine clearly who survived the other or die very close in time to each other.
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