Government plans to make inheritance tax due on pensions, plus other changes to IHT rules, have seen a leap in people enquiring about the use of trusts to protect their wealth. So what are trusts, and ...

Question: “We are 74 years old and retired. We have an income of $3,400 a month and we still owe $250,000 on our home with a mortgage rate of 2.5%. We have no credit card debt or car payments and we ...

Prenuptial agreements are the cornerstone of protecting family wealth. Even without a prenup, however, the structure of an estate plan can help keep wealth in the family. This article is part of "The ...

A wife planned to use her inheritance to buy her grandparents’ house and keep it in her name. Her husband argued that leaving him off the deed goes against their partnership. The poster said her late ...

When it comes to family inheritance, children will easily fight over it. This man wanted to provide his mother with a home when he buys a house in the future. But after his mother’s recent accident, ...

Grieving the loss of a loved one is hard enough, and families are lucky if they're able to prepare in advance for the worst. What most families aren't prepared for, though, are the predatory calls and ...

Is an inheritance advance a good way to pay off debt? According to Experian, one of the three biggest credit reporting companies in the United States, consumers owed over $17 trillion in total debt in ...

Standing up for what is right can sometimes mean standing alone. Would you sue your parents if they stole from you, or would you drop it because family? This woman was given an inheritance by her ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Britain’s wealthy families are increasingly using a little-known inheritance tax (IHT) rule which ...