Terence E. Smolev and Christina Jonathan of Terence E. Smolev, P.C. write: Everything the practitioner does in the estate planning field should be based upon defensive actions for the benefit not only ...

This article explores essential estate-planning documents, including the key differences and similarities between a Last Will and Testament and ...

To state the obvious, the coronavirus pandemic has changed many aspects of our lives. Part of that change is a heightened awareness of the fragility of life and the need to plan for the inevitability ...

Estate planning attorney Amy Halloran looks at readers’ questions involving wills and trusts. Q Our home is paid in full and in our living trust. Can one of our two children live in it forever or do ...

DALLAS — Recently, we FINALLY got to the last item on our 'Death Checklist' by tackling wills. But wills needed two parts. So this is the final part of that final item. As you are making a will, be ...

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?

When you’re dealing with a deadly pandemic that is more fatal to the elderly than most others, the law surrounding wills, estates and trusts can come sharply into focus. This year’s winners of ...