(WSPA) – We all want our family to avoid additional pain and stress after we pass away. However, all too often, families put off making a will or fail to take other steps that can prevent many key ...

It’s cloak and dagger time. Last week, while revisiting a series I wrote about avoiding probate, I mentioned another tactic, holding wealth in assets that don’t require probate, s asuchlike gold bars.

Probate is the legal process that happens after someone dies. It distributes the assets and pays any debts or taxes. If there's a will, you might wonder if probate is needed. Sometimes, probate is ...

Wills serve as vital documents outlining the distribution of finances, possessions, and property after an individual’s passing. It’s common to wonder about the accessibility of this information and ...

These attorneys have seen it all, and they want you to avoid these costly legal and financial problems for your family's sake ...

Next Avenue recently asked readers to tell us the estate planning questions they’d like us to answer. We’re now back with the experts’ views on the top question on your mind, plus — as a bonus — their ...

About half of all people who die in the United States die without a will — a legal directive of what will happen to their money, debts and properties after they’re gone. More than 700,000 people have ...

Chicago wills attorney Mary Liberty of Illinois Estate Law ( is encouraging families to take proactive steps toward ...

You may have read in the news, that Aretha Franklin reportedly left holographic, or handwritten, wills in her home. Originally, it was thought that Ms. Franklin died intestate (or without a last will ...