Estate Planning

Have you considered your pet or pets when planning your estate? If not, you should, according to The Humane Society of the United States, the nation's largest animal protection organization.

if you postpone planning until it is too late, you run the risk that your intended beneficiaries -- those you love the most -- may not receive what you would want them to receive.

If you give away more than $15,000 in 2019, you technically would need to file a gift tax return, but don't worry about it unless you think you'll be gifting more than $11.4 million during your life.

If you become incapacitated, who will make your medical decisions? A health care proxy allows you to appoint someone else to act as your agent for medical decisions.

An accountant explains how taxes and penalties could consume up to 90 percent of a retirement account, and offers five easy steps to prevent this from happening.

Many Americans believe insurance will cover their nursing home needs, according to a new study from the Kaiser Fami...

A prominent personal finance expert helps you find your magic number: how much you need in order to retire.

An AARP report predicts that the need for long-term care will not grow substantially until after 2030, giving our country a window of opportunity to make needed changes in long-term care services before the baby boomers reach late old age.

Fewer than half of severely ill and terminally ill patients have a living will or other advance medical directive in their medical record, according to a report. And poor communication between patients and their doctors means that even the existence...