Estate Planning

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has unveiled a new online calculator that allows you to project what your monthly Social Security benefit will be...

A 65-year-old couple today will need $85,000 on average to cover annual premiums for long-term care insurance, according to a new study . .

If you are getting remarried, you obviously want to celebrate, but it is also important to focus on less exciting matters like redoing your estate plan.

The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that its Web site comparing nursing homes will now identify facilities ...

A "homestead exemption" protects part of a home's value (or in a couple of states, all of its value) from being sold to meet the demands of cred...

Once you've taken the step to create a will and get your estate plan in order, you need to figure out what to do with the will itself.

A durable power of attorney is one of the most important estate planning documents you can have. It is important to get it right, so you shouldn't use a do-it-yourself form. ...

An attorney specializing in elder care and estate planning provides detailed and practical information on how Medicaid works and the strategies for qualifying for it to pay long-term care costs (2009 edition updated through Jan. 1, 2009).

In medieval times, Jewish men wrote letters to their sons, passing on guidelines for living a worthy life. These leg...