Trusts and estates are the two main legal structures for transferring assets to your heirs and beneficiaries. Each works in critically different ways. Estates make a one-time transfer of your assets ...

Trusts serve a variety of tax, asset protection and estate planning purposes for families, and over the years different types of trusts have evolved to best serve families’ planning needs and ...

My husband has a trust from his parents. We also have created a revocable trust for our daughter in the hopes of passing our home on to her. Is it possible to fold my husband's trust into our daughter ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew F. Erskine is a trusts and estates attorney. The opening panel of the 60th Heckerling Institute on January 12, 2026 ...