Making decisions about your estate planning requires understanding the difference between trusts and wills. Both are ...

When you think of trust funds, you probably think of super wealthy people providing their kids with access to huge amounts of ...

When reforming a will or trust, the Surrogate’s Court “changes the language of the will [or trust instrument] itself by the addition or deletion of words in an attempt to conform [the instrument] to ...

Trust & Will is an online estate-planning platform that guides users through the will-making process through simple question-and-answer prompts. It provides state-specific instructions for wills and ...

Think estate planning is only for the wealthy? Think again. In this episode of the HerMoney Podcast, Jean Chatzky sits down with elder law attorney and former NY State legislator Ann-Margaret Carrozza ...

To state the obvious, the coronavirus pandemic has changed many aspects of our lives. Part of that change is a heightened awareness of the fragility of life and the need to plan for the inevitability ...

More Americans turned their attention to life insurance, wills and trusts last year as the coronavirus pandemic made the reality of death unavoidable. The number of life insurance applications from ...

When looking to take their charitable giving to the next level and aid future generations well into the next century, the wealthy of the region often turn to The Pittsburgh Foundation. When looking to ...

The coming decade is shaping up to be the most contentious in U.S. trust and estate history. Baby Boomers and the Silent ...

In In re Rittenmeyer, the mother of the decedent was the executor of his estate. No. 05-17-01378-CV, 2018 Tex. App. LEXIS 6647 (Tex. App.—Dallas August 22, 2018, original proceeding). The executor ...

Drafting a pet trust can be free, if you use an online template and get no legal guidance. The same thing might cost around $100 if you use an online service such as Legal Zoom that provides ...