Estate planning varies by individual. Wills are public, slow, and only control assets in your name, while revocable trusts ...

I was talking to some friends the other day about wills and trusts. They seemed to have a variety of opinions, so can you straighten things out for me? I don’t have a will or a trust, and my financial ...

Dear Liz: I understand what happens with a living trust when both spouses die at once. But what happens when just one dies? Is the trust tossed out, since the surviving spouse is usually the trustee?

While it can be difficult to confront your own demise, setting up an estate plan is important to ensuring that your wishes are followed and your loved ones taken care of after your death. There are ...

There's a lot of discussion in the estate-planning world about whether wills or trusts are better for those making plans for their future. In this clip fromIndustry Focus: Financials, Motley Fool ...

Getty Images. Art: Jillian Sellers. As the parent or guardian of an adult dependent, estate planning can take on heightened significance. In your absence, there needs to be detailed guidance (and ...

Matthew Frerichs practices in the Estate and Trust arena, focusing on estate planning, trust and estate administration, guardianship and conservatorship law, and estate and trust litigation. Matt’s ...

Drafting Wills and Trust Agreements (DWTA) version 9.0 (manufactured by Michael L.M. Jordan at Thomson Reuters) is a software program designed for the assembly of wills, revocable trusts and other ...

Making final arrangements can be stressful, but online estate-planning platform Trust & Will guides users through the will-making process with simple question-and-answer prompts. Unlike some ...

MICHELLE PERRY HIGGINS: Trusts are an essential part of estate planning, but many people make a mistake that essentially vitiates the purpose of establishing the trust in the first place. The trust ...