Delaware now allows homeowners to transfer real estate after death without probate, using a form available at county ...

Your 401(k) doesn’t just disappear when you die. Here’s how it’s transferred, who gets it, the tax impact, and why ...

For more than a year, Alaska’s court system has been designing a pioneering generative AI chatbot termed the Alaska Virtual ...

A judge in Broward’s probate division describes new rules that make it easier to handle loved ones’ estates without hiring lawyers.

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

With wills being written and reviewed as part of inheritance tax (IHT) and succession planning, it is vital to understand the role of the executor – the person responsible for managing the estate and ...

Major Questions is a recurring series by Adam White, which analyzes the court’s approach to administrative law, agencies, and the lower courts. Please note that the views of outside contributors do ...

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it would reconsider Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, a landmark 1935 ruling responsible for the creation of modern federal agencies which have operated ...

Co-executors are being held personally liable for $21,000 in costs associated with their unsuccessful appeal of a lower court decision that removed them as trustees of an estate, following a dispute ...