Estate Planning

How can you make sure your funeral and burial wishes will be carried out after you die? It is important to let your family know your desires and to put them in writing.  Just don’t do it in your will. ...

The American Bar Association's Commission on Law and Aging has come up with an app that allows you to import and store your advance directive, along with other critical information, on your smartphone so that it’s there for medical decision-making anytime, anywhere. ...

When you need someone else to care for money or property on your behalf, that person (or organization) is called a fiduciary. ...

When fashion designer L'Wren Scott committed suicide, she left her entire estate to her boyfriend, Mick Jagger, instead of to her sister or brother.

It is important to get any agreements about inheritance in writing. Providing services to someone does not automatically entitle you to a portion of their estate. ...

As life circumstances change (births, marriages, divorces, and deaths), it may become necessary to make changes to your will. ...

If you are worried that disappointed heirs could contest your will or trust after you die, one option is to include a "no-contest clause" in your estate planning documents.

Increasingly, several generations of American families are living together. These multi-generational living arrangements present legal and financial challenges around home ownership.

Have you been officially asked to manage someone else's money?  Four new guides help people who have been given the important responsibility of managing money or property for someone else. ...