Abandoned property laws: Being escheated out of your inheritance While escheating is usually associated with unclaimed life insurance, bank accounts and financial investments, it turns out that it ...

Unpacking claim new federal law prevents children from inheriting parents' houses However, for wealthy heirs of property inherited from a deceased person, taxes might increase from January 2026.

Commentary How to Ensure Your Child's Inheritance Remains Their Separate Property As long as your child keeps the inheritance in a separate account, owned solely by your child, or the assets ...

Q. Is there still a legal option that I can leave my son’s inheritance to him as his sole and separate property? He has been separated from his wife for two and a half years. My son is 60 years ...

Learn the complexities of property inheritance, including how marital regimes affect your rights, the role of executors, and essential steps for a smooth transfer of property to heirs.

Learn how Medicaid rules and unrecorded deeds can impact your family property inheritance when your parents enter a nursing home.

Before unlocking cash from your property to gift to your loved ones to avoid inheritance tax, get to know the tax-free allowances available to you and the seven-year gifting rule.

Property battles of people who die intestate start with the management of the property even before inheritance. "People move to court to apply for letters of administration of the estate.