Before you agree to act as an executor, understand some of the potential hazards and how to most effectively navigate them.

My brother-in-law is still being very aggressive that I need to gift my inheritance to my sisters and not share my ...

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to a question about how to split a late sibling's $1.5 estate between ...

Young people must balance cultural norms – sometimes insisted on by their elders – with the necessities of providing for the next generation in highly land-constrained settings Changes in inheritance ...

“Assets are kept in the family, and the inheritance intended for children from previous marriages is protected.” Even assuming all things are equal and both spouses would have upheld their ...

Despite an intention to add a spouse or domestic partner to their Will, at times a decedent may neglect to do so prior to his ...

It seeks to understand the process of trait inheritance from parents to offspring, including the molecular structure and function of genes, gene behaviour in the context of a cell or organism (e.g ...

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Known informally as the death duty, inheritance tax is charged at 40pc. Individual estates come with a “nil-rate band” of £325,000, which escapes the charge, and another £175,000 – the ...