The best way to be sure that your thoughtful estate planning will work as anticipated when the time comes is to walk through it with your planning attorney, from the viewpoint of a person beginning ...

Q: What happens to an inheritance if an heir dies before the estate distributes their share? Does it go to the other heirs? A: Like everything in estate planning, it depends on the situation and the ...

If an IRA is inherited through an estate, the distribution rules for the estate apply, even if the IRA is later transferred to a person. Distribution rules depend on whether the IRA owner died before ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. If you have assets, you have an estate. And, if you have an ...

The marathon resolution of Prince's estate appears to be nearing its last mile. The administrators of the late musician's estate recently settled a complicated dispute with the Internal Revenue ...