Estate planning may not be as fun as carving pumpkins or picking out costumes, but it's one of the kindest gifts you can ...

A former house flipper and a Tacoma woman made millions of dollars from dozens of estate trust accounts, mostly through ...

Within five years, John Elliott and Shanelle Sunde exploited a part of a state probate law to profit from about 200 dead ...

If you want an extra layer of security and peace of mind, you can create a revocable living trust. A trust would have helped ...

Although most people recognize a last will and testaments as the primary way to pass property upon death, a more powerful estate planning document, the revocable living trust, is becoming increasingly ...

BOSTON — The Governor's Council confirmed two nominees to the Probate and Family Court and two to the District Court on Wednesday, Oct. 1, in a move that will pull the acting chair of the ...

The US Capitol stands quiet as the government shuts down, leaving thousands of federal workers unpaid and essential services operating under strain. AFP News As midnight struck on 1 October 2025, the ...

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed banks to speed up the settlement of unclaimed funds between October and December. Banks held about ₹67,270 crore in unclaimed deposits as of June 2025, ...

Wills have long been utilized as a classic estate-planning tool. But it's not enough to write up a will and call it a day. Once someone with a will passes away, a court needs to validate it via a ...

A reader challenged me to write about avoiding probate, which he identified as the evil that led him to suffer years of legal “terrorism,” going through what must have been a brutal lawsuit over his ...