Executors across the United States regularly discover that managing a parent’s estate creates emotional crosscurrents that ...

You may feel overwhelmed and even resentful. You can even refuse to take on the role, but if your relative named you because ...

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 ...

At the time, the attorney said all beneficiaries needed to wait eight months before the proceeds of the sale would be disbursed to ensure no unknown creditors came forward — a process known as probate ...

Far too many of us put off finalizing estate documents because we get hung-up on one or more decisions where we believe we have less than optimal choices. Over my next few posts, I will provide my ...

Q: My mother died in January 2023. My sister is the executor of her estate. When I enquire about what is going on with the probate, she gets hostile and says it's in probate court and she's waiting to ...

Executors have a few options when the estate has outstanding bills and no cash to cover probate fees. Find out what they are. I assume that your husband is named as executor of the estate of the ...

Consider the hypothetical case of Jessica from Minneapolis, whose father died four years ago. She was entitled to a ...