Costs associated with the new Medicare law have helped push up the date that the Medicare trust fund will go broke t...

Around this time of year, unscrupulous companies step up their efforts to market costly living trusts to older Ameri...

A "homestead exemption" protects part of a home's value (or in a couple of states, all of its value) from being sold to meet the demands of cred...

Medicare's Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will be exhausted in 2026, four years earlier than was predicted last year, according to the annual report released by the Medicare Board of Trustees. More . . .

Janury 2003 Seminar Schedule for: FREE "LIVING TRUST" SEMINAR -- FIND OUT HOW TO TRANSFER YOUR ESTATE TO YOUR FAMILY QUICKLY - WITHOUT PROBATE FEES. Seminars held in Hawaii.

A New Jersey appeals court blocks a son who is the guardian of his mother from selling his mother's house and transferring a portion of the proceeds to hasten her eligibility for Medicaid coverage of her nursing home care.

While college savings plans make an attractive estate planning tool, financial experts advise that they may have serious drawbacks in some situations and investors...

USA Today has given the College Savings Plan of Nebraska top honors in its review of 43 state college savings or '529' plans. More . . .

The Court of Appeals of Iowa has ruled that a trust that terminates if it causes a Medicaid applicant to be denied benefits should still be counted among the applicant's assets. More . . .