Dear Eric: My husband and I have been married 31 years. We each have two children of our own. They are all grown. His boys have different mothers; I raised one and helped with the younger one. As soon ...

Government plans to make inheritance tax due on pensions, plus other changes to IHT rules, have seen a leap in people enquiring about the use of trusts to protect their wealth. So what are trusts, and ...

Question: “We are 74 years old and retired. We have an income of $3,400 a month and we still owe $250,000 on our home with a mortgage rate of 2.5%. We have no credit card debt or car payments and we ...

A wife planned to use her inheritance to buy her grandparents’ house and keep it in her name. Her husband argued that leaving him off the deed goes against their partnership. The poster said her late ...

Grieving the loss of a loved one is hard enough, and families are lucky if they're able to prepare in advance for the worst. What most families aren't prepared for, though, are the predatory calls and ...

Is an inheritance advance a good way to pay off debt? According to Experian, one of the three biggest credit reporting companies in the United States, consumers owed over $17 trillion in total debt in ...

A Reddit poster wants to retain control over an inheritance they expect to receive. They want to know what happens if they put it into a savings account and use the interest for household expenses.

Receiving a large chunk of unexpected money is certainly worthy of gratitude; however, in addition to opportunity, this fortunate turn of events can create conflict. A female Reddit poster recently ...

Joshua has been playing video games for as long as he can remember. He's currently playing just about any and every new AAA story-based game. In his free time, he enjoys buying, building, painting, ...

Dear Eric: In the letter from “Frustrated Sister-in-Law”, the writer wanted to know what to do with her brother-in-law constantly asking for her share of the inheritance left to her by her father.