Probate eats up lots of time and money, but there are ways to avoid it. Here are 7 expert tips.

Don't want to leave a legacy of family bickering and acrimony? Below are eight of the most common inheritance mistakes and how to prevent them in the future.

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Inheritance Funding reports that probate delays can be minimized by personal representatives through clear communication, ...

If you’re expecting to inherit an IRA from a parent or other relative, the distribution rules have fundamentally changed in ...

More than four in five people thought the value of everyday items was too high in a test by a probate and chattel valuer.

Fraser observes a rise in disputed wills involving blended families, a family where children come from different parental backgrounds, making them either half- or step-siblings. In part, she says, due ...

A farmer who has worked full time on his parents' farm since he left school at 16 fears he may have to sell up to a third of their family's land to pay inheritance tax. Fergal Watson runs a large ...

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A convicted fraudster who scammed her friends out of tens of thousands of pounds is "depraved, deceitful and sick in the head ...

These 33 states charge no inheritance or estate tax, meaning your heirs can keep more of what you leave behind instead of losing it to state taxes owed.

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