Grandchildren

If you think you might someday want to apply for Medicaid long-term care benefits, you need to be careful about giving away money or property.

Medicaid 101

If you have an individual retirement account (IRA), now is the time to make sure you have been complying with tax rules. . .

Whitney Houston's tragic death provides an example of how a trust that takes effect upon death can work . . . ...

Making decisions about elderly parents can cause conflict even in the best of families. In this book, three experienced elder mediators provide advice and tools for managing disputes with siblings.

Many people like the idea of leaving bequests to favorite charities in their wills. But instead of leaving money to a charity in your will, you can put that money into a charitable remainder trust and collect income while you...

Reversing an appeals court, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that trust beneficiaries who married outside the Jewish faith have no . . .

A trust protector is someone who is appointed to watch over a trust that will be in effect for a long time and ensure that it is not adversely affected by any changes in the law or circumstances.

No parents want their children to fight among themselves after they are gone. Sadly, conflicts often arise, especially when a parent has gifted or loaned money to one child and not others.

The Illinois Supreme Court is now weighing the question of whether a trust may dictate whom the beneficiaries can and cannot marry . .