With no estate or inheritance taxes, Ohio is a hands-off state in terms of the allocation of your financial legacy. The rest ...

Financial planning means giving thought to how you want to manage your investments and other assets during your lifetime. But it also means taking a longer view and considering what will happen to ...

Mystatewill.com is a remarkable website that provides information relating to the intestate distribution of a decedent’s estate according to the decedent’s personal and financial circumstances. It ...

Probate Initiation: An interested party, often a family member or creditor, petitions the probate court to open an intestate estate. Appointment of Administrator: The court appoints an administrator ...

Rich people aren’t the only ones who need a will. Without this legal document your state’s laws will govern how your assets are distributed. Families with young children can add a clause naming a ...

If an individual dies intestate (that is, without a will), that individual’s state intestacy statutes will determine how that individual’s assets will be distributed. For example, under section ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. New rules governing the way estates are divided when someone dies without a will take effect next week, ...