Did you give away more than $14,000 in 2016? If so, you will need to file a gift tax return and could potentially owe taxes.

The unexpected death of Anna Nicole Smith created a media circus and court battles over her burial, but there are so...

Estate planning is primarily about how to pass your property on after your death to the recipients of your estate w...

A Florida jury has found that in trying to keep a 92-year-old Alzheimer's patient alive, a nursing home failed to ho...

The knowledge that we will eventually die is one of the things that seems to distinguish humans from other living be...

What to do about the estate tax when the current tax law expires in 2010 has been a subject of intense debate in Con...

If you own property in more than one state, you need to do some planning if you want to keep your heirs from having to go through probate in each of the states.

Have you considered your pet or pets when planning your estate? If not, you should, according to The Humane Society...

Facing expiration of the estate tax in 2010, the U.S. Senate voted 51-41 to reaffirm its support for a budget resolu...