Not often (ever) do I weep at the theater, and laugh, reflect, hold my breath in suspense, laugh some more, and weep again all in the same show, with a leisurely lunch sandwiched between emotional ...

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Dear Eric: About 10 years ago my aunt died and left her estate to my mother, myself and my three siblings. She was not married and had no children. My mother received the bulk of the estate. Each of ...

Dear Abby: My 32-year-old son has an alcohol problem. He and his wife refuse to accept reality and continue to be social drinkers. My son deals with his problem by putting his head in the sand. He ...

After Sweden removed inheritance and gift taxes in 2005, private firms with potential family successors grew faster, invested more, and paid higher corporate taxes than firms without natural heirs, ...

DEAR ERIC: About 10 years ago my aunt died and left her estate to my mother, myself and my three siblings. She was not married and had no children. My mother received the bulk of the estate. Each of ...

Rudolf Virchow, a 19th-century Prussian pathologist, considered organisms a kind of “cellular democracy,” a harmonious republic of cooperating cells. Wilhelm Roux, who studied under Virchow and later ...

Dear Eric: I have two daughters, “Tracy,” who has two adult children, and “Mary,” who has three adult children. Tracy is financially comfortable and has been retired for several years. Mary is doing ...

DEAR ERIC: Recently my parents shared how their estate will be divided when they pass. They have worked hard and lived a modest life, and it goes without saying that they are entitled to do as they ...

I am reaching out because my grandmother recently passed away at the age of 97. She remained completely independent until about three years ago. She traveled often, moving between her homes in Florida ...