| NYT > Wills and Estates News about wills and estates, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:58:07 AM Abolish All ?Taxes?  I propose we stop saying ?taxes? and start calling them ?dues,? which is a term rooted in social obligation and duty.Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:58:07 AM Shrinking the World, or at Least Your Corner  ?Downsizing specialist? is a term for a job that combines organizing, psychology and plain old hand-holding.Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:58:07 AM The Tightwad?s Legacy  By the time Bill Gottlieb died, he had bought up more than 100 properties dilapidated, perhaps, but in prime Lower Manhattan. The trouble is, he also left behind a fractious family to fight over them.Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:58:07 AM Breaking the Silence  The shifting nature of wealth and inheritance has families talking about values as well as money.Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:58:07 AM Last Things Can?t Wait Till Last The unpleasant perspective of considering one?s mortality should not derail us from pulling together a ?what if? plan. Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:58:07 AM Suit Tangles Issue of James Brown?s Estate  A lawsuit filed Tuesday by two court-appointed trustees of the estate of James Brown accuses the singer?s longtime business managers of looting millions of dollars.Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:58:07 AM Heirs to a Headache  After a death, family members must decide what to do with the real estate left behind. Brokers say that is often when trouble starts.Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:58:07 AM How to Approach an Estate Sale Even when heirs and executors move in harmony, estate sales can lumber along at an achingly slow pace. Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:58:07 AM Bequeathing, With Strings Attached Once only for the superrich, dynasty trusts now provide a way for the rest of us to leave money to loved ones and preserve wealth for future generations. Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:58:07 AM Many Clients of Astor Lawyer Left Him Bequests in Their Wills  Francis X. Morrissey Jr. has been accused of wrongfully meddling in the estate matters of wealthy individuals in order to enrich himself.Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:58:07 AM A Lurid Aftermath to a Hedge Fund Manager?s Life  The unfolding drama over Seth Tobias?s estate is providing a racy account of fast money and faster living in the volatile world of hedge funds.Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:58:07 AM Lawyer Charged in Astor Case Has Been a Beneficiary in Clients? Wills  Francis X. Morrissey Jr. has been previously accused of taking advantage of mentally incompetent people near death and then being named as a beneficiary in their wills.Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:58:07 AM 2 Sets of Stepchildren at War Over an Estate A dispute between the children of Lee V. Eastman, best known as Paul McCartney?s lawyer during the breakup of the Beatles, is simmering in a Suffolk County court. Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:58:07 AM Son of Astor Is Said to Face Criminal Case Brooke Astor?s son and one of her former lawyers have been indicted on charges related to her financial affairs. Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:58:07 AM Buffett Says No Estate Tax Would Be a Gift to the Rich  Warren E. Buffett told Congress that plans to repeal the estate tax would benefit a handful of the richest American families and widen income disparity in the United States.Click here to read this news article. |
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