Think your family automatically gets everything when you die? In Texas, it's not that simple. Here's who inherits if there's ...

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 ...

Think estate planning can wait? Here’s the thing: putting off or delaying estate planning can leave your loved ones in a difficult position. Among the issues is passing away without a will, one of ...

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While it is ideal to have a valid will as a solid plan on how your loved ones will be taken care of once you are gone, many people die without a valid will or any sort of provision for the welfare of ...

When someone passes away without a valid will, they are said to have died intestate. In Pennsylvania, dying intestate can create confusion and disputes among surviving family members over how the ...

When Danaë Brook’s husband died suddenly without signing his will, her inheritance was left subject to the little-known laws of intestacy. Here, she describes the legal, emotional and financial ...

Do you know the comedian Rik Mayall, creator and star of the 1970s TV series ‘The Young Ones’? When he passed away at a relatively young age in June 2014, he left an estate worth £1.2m, but had no ...

When someone dies without a will, their estate is divided up according to standard rules, known as intestacy law. As set out in the Inheritance and Trustees' Power Act, the rules determine who ...