Picture a loved one in the final hours of her life. Someone close to her someone she trusted enough to name as her agent under a durable power of attorney rushes to change the beneficiary on her annuity. The paperwork gets faxed. The power of attorney gets attached. On the surface it looks like a...KEEP READING

Divorce is like probate in that it involves a lot of paperwork and also decisions about dividing property. Most people focus on the house, retirement accounts, and bank balances. They split everything according to the decree and move on with their lives. But what happens when someone dies just days after the divorce is finalized—before...KEEP READING