Benjamin Franklin referred to death and taxes as "the only certainties in life." And the inheritance tax touches on both. It's a levy on money, property or other assets a person leaves to others after ...

Melrose, Massachusetts attorney Henry Rappa is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a couple who hired him to handle a major family inheritance. Rappa appeared in court last week ...

Maryland holds a unique position in the American tax structure as the only state in the U.S. that levies both an estate tax and an additional inheritance tax.. For residents and their heirs, this dual ...

Inheritance is one of the last reliable ways for younger Californians to own their first home. About 18% of all property transfers in the state last year, representing nearly 60,000 homes, were made ...

I’m 80 and I need to get my financial ducks in a row. I have $650,000 in investments, $250,000 in life insurance and about $150,000 equity in my home, plus good long-term-care insurance. All of this ...

I have been managing my widowed mother’s finances for the past few years. She is 90 years old and her trust consists of a home, an IRA that I am trying to gradually wind down over the next five years, ...

Question: I am a beneficiary of my grandfather’s estate. There was a lot of real estate and most has been sold. The trustee has distributed all available cash to us. There is one more property to sell ...

America’s adult children say they are ready to manage that inheritance now. Their parents might disagree. A report from Fidelity Investments sheds new light on an estate-planning generation gap. Aging ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Two Indianapolis women are in jail accused of neglecting a mentally challenged man. According to court records, the man who owns a home on Villa Avenue called police because he was ...