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The Social Security Administration has announced a 1.6 percent increase in benefits in 2020, nearly half of last year's change. The small rise has advocates questioning whether the government is using the proper method to calculate increases.

If someone contests a will, there are steps both the beneficiaries and the executor (the person named to carry out the terms of the will) can take.

If you give away more than $19,000 to someone in 2025, you technically need to file a gift tax return. But will you actually owe a gift tax?...

My dad has been in a nursing home for about four years. My brother made payments on my father's house for eight years, and I started making them three years ago. I wanted to pay his house loan off and...

My father gave his grandson, my son, a total of $20,000 for college tuition over the last four years. Will this money need to be repaid in order for my dad to qualify for Medicaid? ...

In May 2025, the Trump administration announced it will be reinstating involuntary collections on defaulted federal student loans.

In 2018, Social Security recipients will get their largest cost of living increase in benefits since 2012, but the additional income will likely be largely eaten up by higher Medicare Part B premiums.

A family member in a nursing home has Medicaid pending. He was clearly qualified, but last week he became eligible for service-connected Agent Orange payments from the Veterans Administration with a back payment (of about $17,000) to June. The check...

If you wish to maintain control during your lifetime over the assets you place in a trust, you may choose to establish a revocable, or "living" trust – most likely, along with a pour over will.