Most people assume their assets would automatically go to the right person. In reality, banks, insurers, and investment platforms follow rigid rules. A nominee is not the heir. A joint account holder ...

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate Television is expanding its young adult content, optioning Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ bestselling book series The Inheritance Games for development as a scripted series. The project ...

Lawyers are warning families of divorced couples there is potential for ex-spouses to use an often overlooked loophole to make an inheritance claim against their estate after their death, even many ...

Thousands of families are overpaying inheritance tax on life insurance policies, according to new figures, because they make a simple mistake when they take them out. A trust is a way of ringfencing ...

In Mendelian inheritance patterns, you receive one version of a gene, called an allele, from each parent. These alleles can be dominant or recessive. Non-Mendelian genetics don’t completely follow ...

Benjamin Franklin referred to death and taxes as "the only certainties in life." And the inheritance tax touches on both. It's a levy on money, property or other assets a person leaves to others after ...

An inheritance often is seen as a financial windfall, but there are times when people may want to consider saying thanks, but no thanks. Receiving a sizable gift, if not structured properly, can have ...

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