Learn how to prevent your bank accounts from being frozen after death. Discover the benefits of Payable on Death (POD) and ...

While money is likely the last thing on your mind when your spouse is ill, having hard conversations about beneficiaries can ...

The Funeral Consumer Alliance doesn’t recommend prepaying for a funeral unless you need to spend down your financial resources so you can qualify for Medicaid.

Putting everything you own into a living trust can feel like the safest way to help your kids skip probate, but some assets are actually designed to bypass the court system without ever touching a ...

By Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, Can you give me some tips on picking a good nursing home for my father? Since his stroke, I’ve been taking care of him at home, but he’s gotten to the point where ...

Estate planning is an important part of financial planning at any age. Without a plan, Montana law determines how a person’s property is distributed, which may not reflect their intentions.

A year after a controversial assisted-dying device was used for the first time, its inventor says he is preparing a new ...

John Madden would be proud. When I am explaining the difference between probate and nonprobate assets to clients and seminar attendees, I usually produce a diagram that is worthy of the most elaborate ...

Short stories read by your favorite comedians and actors, including Phoebe Robinson, Peter Francis James, and Amy Ryan. We're sorry, but something went wrong while ...

A doctor and a novelist on the life-changing power of post-mortem investigations. We're sorry, but something went wrong while fetching your podcast feeds. Please ...

The Oscar winner and his family released a statement following the death of his 34-year-old daughter Victoria Jones. "We appreciate all of the kind words, thoughts, and prayers," read the Jan. 2 ...