Boomers are leaving behind decades of accumulated clutter for their heirs to manage Charlotte Lytton is a freelance journalist who has worked in newsrooms from London to New York. She began writing ...

Inheritance disputes within families have jumped in recent years due to changes in how and where we live, according to lawyers, who warned of the urgent need for people to get their affairs in order ...

America’s adult children say they are ready to manage that inheritance now. Their parents might disagree. A report from Fidelity Investments sheds new light on an estate-planning generation gap. Aging ...

Switzerland, long a haven for the ultra-rich, voted to reject a hefty tax on large inheritances on Sunday. But the debate around it shook the country's affluent residents, an expert told CNBC before ...

Families are increasingly becoming embroiled in disputes over wills as loved ones seek to stake their claim on bigger, more complex estates, according to new figures. Attempts to have a will ruled ...

Scrivnr has launched a program to resolve tangled titles affecting $1.1 billion worth of Philadelphia properties. The initiative targets 13,000 properties with unclear ownership, with 40% currently ...

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A brand new game show is coming to Channel 4 this month, and it's giving major Traitors and Fortune Hotel vibes. Fronted by actress Elizabeth Hurley, who plays the fabulously glamorous 'Deceased', the ...

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There are two entirely reasonable responses to this. One is to worry about the new inheritocracy harming society: how it could corrode incentives to work, say, or widen inequality and distort the ...

In Oscar Wilde’s celebrated 1895 comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, one of the protagonists famously asserts, “All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy.” This is obviously ...