Maybe you’ve heard of “The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning.” It’s a guide to proactively downsizing your stuff while you’re still alive. Doing so spares your heirs the mess of doing it themselves ...

When someone dies, their bank accounts don’t just disappear. What happens next depends on how the accounts were set up and ...

Having a will may not matter to the loved ones listed as beneficiaries unless there is a trust in place, making it easier for ...

A Suffolk County sheriff’s corrections officer was busted this summer for allegedly trafficking methamphetamine, and another employee for that office was recently fired for allegedly smuggling ...

This weekend, local residents, civil servants, and the family and friends closest to longtime Town Manager Stuart Hurd ...

"Under Alabama law, an inactive voter who presents at the poll, should be able to, by doing what we call a re-identification card, or a short form update, shoul ...

Days after an assailant’s bullet tore through two of his limbs, Felipe de Jesus Hernandez Marcelo hobbled out of the hospital on ...

If you want an extra layer of security and peace of mind, you can create a revocable living trust. A trust would have helped ...

If your trust assets are not particularly valuable or complicated, a trusted friend may be a suitable trustee.

A new law lets Delaware homeowners pass property to heirs without probate, helping avoid tangled titles and costly legal ...

The probate of a simple will that leaves property in equal shares to two people should not take more than a few months.