Financial planning means giving thought to how you want to manage your investments and other assets during your lifetime. But it also means taking a longer view and considering what will happen to ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Debts typically aren't inherited, but they could affect your loved one's estate.

Intestate is a legal term used to describe the state of an individual who passes away without leaving a valid will or when the will presented to a court is deemed invalid. In an intestate, the laws of ...

We assume that you are Hindu by faith. Note that testamentary succession for Hindus is governed by the Indian Succession Act, 1925 and intestate succession is governed by the Hindu Succession Act, ...