Death is never easy – but it’s inevitable. Why not try to make the financial and administrative work that follows it easier for your loved ones?
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Whether or not there’s a will, the results are the same.
Even after death, managing wealth can be complicated, slow and deeply contested.
What makes Brooke Hogan’s case unusual is that she asked to be disinherited to avoid a court battle over her celebrity father’s estate.
The drama playing out over the late actor’s assets offers valuable lessons for anyone leaving an estate – large or small – to their loved ones or a favorite charity.
Choosing the right person to manage the assets you leave behind can be just as important as selecting who will inherit your property.
Just as we prepare wills for our physical possessions, we need to plan for our digital remains.
Planning ahead allows families to mourn, rather than scramble.
Without a binding nomination, it’s up to a trustee to decide where your remaining super ends up when you die.
Restrictions that seem reasonable during life can backfire after death.
Few people want to talk about the end of their lives but we all must do.
European women’s rights expanded in early medieval cities, though they were still limited. Last wills and testaments were some of the few documents women could dictate themselves.
Legal expert on the obscure law that makes King Charles and Prince Williams the heirs of people who die without wills or close relatives in Lancashire and Cornwall.
Informal documents can be valid. But when that’s all a rich person leaves behind, the legal costs can get pretty steep.
Death creates grief and sometimes grief overwhelms good sense and creates greed leading to disputes. Making a will is the best way to smooth the process of transferring your estate once you die.
Online tools promise to democratize estate planning and will preparation, but users are responsible for complying with state laws.
What happens to our online data after we die? From memorial Facebook pages to password security, a project at Deakin University is exploring the pitfalls and possibilities of “data after death”.
Far fewer Americans include plans for bequests to nonprofits in their wills than give to charity on a regular basis. The pandemic could be a good reason to change that.
Dying without a will can cause all sorts of problems for families.
Courts have had to consider whether an eggshell, a tractor fender, a petticoat hem, graffiti on a wall, and a poem might be valid wills. They’ve shown surprising flexibility in judgment.
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Distinguished Professor of Law, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor of Law, University of Virginia
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Professor of Law, University of California, Davis
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Associate Professor in Property Law, University of Portsmouth
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Lecturer in Accounting and Personal Financial Planning, Western Sydney University
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Professor Emerita of Medieval History, University of Rhode Island
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Frey Foundation Chair for Family Philanthropy, Grand Valley State University
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Senior Lecturer, specialising in Probate, Wills and Land, Nottingham Trent University