Sometimes estate attorneys do contact people unexpectedly to inform them that they might have inherited something. However, you should be...

Executors often want to address past grievances that some family members have with each other. They cannot always do so. Imagine that you...

You have probably heard someone suggest that another person they know passed away from a broken heart. When someone passes away soon...

Both of the sons of convicted Ponzi scheme felon Bernie Madoff have passed away. One committed suicide and the other passed away from...

The IRS does not forgive any tax on the income a person makes during the final tax year of his or her life. Taxes are owned on all the...

As the Wall Street Journal points out in "What Happens When a Homeowner Dies Before the Mortgage Is Paid?," inheriting a house with a...

For most people thinking about the end of their own lives is psychologically difficult. This has stopped many from getting living wills...