Grandchildren

No parents want their children to fight among themselves after they are gone. Sadly, conflicts often arise, especially when a parent has gifted or loaned money to one child and not others.

The Illinois Supreme Court is now weighing the question of whether a trust may dictate whom the beneficiaries can and cannot marry . .

With the stock market down significantly, some parents are looking at safer ways to save for college...

Conseco Inc., a major long-term care insurer, has transferred more than 140,000 of its policies to an independent trust set up by Pennsylvania, putting...

A recent Supreme Court decision limits the amount a trust can deduct from its federal taxes for fees paid to firms that advise on how to invest ...

A "homestead exemption" protects part of a home's value (or in a couple of states, all of its value) from being sold to meet the demands of cred...

If you have more than one Vanguard IRA account, beware that you may need to change the beneficiary designation on one or more of your accounts. ...

Passing on money to the next generation is not as straightforward as it might seem. A father-and-son legal team has written a how-to guide to identifying and resolving the many inheritance problems that can arise.

Gifting assets to your grandchildren isn't just a nice thing to do; it can reduce the size of your estate and the ta...