Who should be my executor? Over the last several months, I have written about how to avoid probate for privacy reasons. Due to some...

Who gets grandma’s yellow pie plate is a question that should be asked right now in your family. Let me explain. Last year, I attended a...

I want to emphasize that this information is not to be taken as legal advice. The information in this article and previous ones, are a...

Most people think they must have a large estate before they start worrying about estate taxes and probate costs. While this could be true...

I remember many years ago as a young man when I was selling insurance and investments for Prudential-Bache, the manager told us that we...

As an auctioneer, I have worked with relatives of the deceased whereas the deceased had died "intestate", that is to say, without a will....