During my professional and personal life I have been surprised at the reaction clients and my own family members have toward their perceived rights to an inheritance. My own father, as the oldest ...

A family letter to children explaining how their inheritance was divvied up. A couple wondering if they need a will or a trust. This week, those topics are covered by Sacramento, Calif., estate ...

“Entitlements” are frequent objects of criticism. This label generally includes government payments such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (also ...

Dear Annie: I feel you overlooked an important point in your response to “Inheritance Issues,” which has been an occasional topic in your column. Elder financial abuse is all too common. If the mother ...

We’ve all received them. Those spam emails telling us an African prince has left us millions in his will and all we have to do is send over our bank account details to receive our inheritance.

Inheritance tax – the most unfair tax of all. I’m 77 years old. I’ve worked all my life and paid taxes on everything I own. And yet, when I die, my children or grandchildren will have to pay tax AGAIN ...

SCAM. THIS SCAM HAS BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS, FOLKS, AND WE’VE TOLD YOU ABOUT IT SEVERAL TIMES, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS TIME TO SHARE IT WITH YOU AGAIN BECAUSE THIS WEEK SEVERAL VIEWERS HAVE SENT ME COPIES ...