Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Marguerita is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor ...

Estate planning is part of comprehensive financial planning. It includes making a will. If you don’t make a will before your death, you will die intestate. In that case, your assets will be ...

When someone dies without a will, their estate is divided up according to standard rules, known as intestacy law. As set out in the Inheritance and Trustees' Power Act, the rules determine who ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert. She ...

As poll after poll reveals, only about half of adult Canadians have a will in place. This is despite the fact that these surveys also consistently show that most Canadians appreciate the importance of ...

New Jersey estate planning attorney Christine Matus releases a new article (https://matuslaw.com/what-is-intestate-in-new-jersey/) explaining what Intestate is. The ...

Protect your legatees and heirs by ensuring there is a well-executed will to simplify and clarify your wishes: Dr Eben Nel – national chair of the Fiduciary Institute of Southern Africa. You can also ...