When you die, estate planners say, one of the finest gifts you can leave your heirs is a plan for avoiding probate. Probate is a legal process that distributes a dead person’s assets and settles their ...

My husband and I have been together for 25 years. We have two children, a son and a daughter, and we are looking forward to upgrading from our current home. We’re in our 50s and will probably get $1 ...

The fatal stabbings of filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner and his wife, the photographer and producer Michele Singer Reiner, have sparked widespread grieving. This tragedy, discovered on Dec. 14, 2025, is ...

You've heard it your whole life: "You're overreacting." "Why are you so emotional?" Maybe you've internalized this chorus so deeply that you now tell yourself these things, all while feeling like ...

A Massachusetts woman gained two long-lost sisters through a DNA test — then tried to net a fortune when she sued them a month later over a malpractice settlement involving their dad. Carmen Thomas, ...

When Carmen Thomas was growing up in Boston, her mom told her that her absent dad’s name was Joe Brown. So when she sent a saliva sample to 23andMe in her 20s and got a match with a Brown, she was ...

Switzerland, long a haven for the ultra-rich, voted to reject a hefty tax on large inheritances on Sunday. But the debate around it shook the country's affluent residents, an expert told CNBC before ...

Just two-thirds of parents age 55 or older with at least $500,000 in investable assets haven't shared with their grown children what they'll inherit or if they'll inherit anything at all, according to ...

SCAM. THIS SCAM HAS BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS, FOLKS, AND WE’VE TOLD YOU ABOUT IT SEVERAL TIMES, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS TIME TO SHARE IT WITH YOU AGAIN BECAUSE THIS WEEK SEVERAL VIEWERS HAVE SENT ME COPIES ...

Italy's inheritance tax far below that of main partners Higher revenue could be used to help growth, analysts say PM Meloni rules out targeting wealthy Italians Most Italian billionaires are heirs, ...