You can be a "good" executor, even though carrying out someone's final wishes from their estate can be challenging.

Choosing where to write your Will matters less than making it clear, valid and easy to execute for all the assets you own.

In practice, that has meant more expert, technocratic leadership. It has meant more corporate regulation than Republicans ...

The executor of a will has a serious responsibility that can also bring stress and family conflict. If you were appointed as a reluctant executor and your family is now pointing the finger at you for ...

The Supreme Court will now decide whether the people we elect to govern us get to do so — or whether appointed commissioners ...

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On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Slaughter, a case that will decide whether Congress can require ...

A majority of justices on the Supreme Court on Monday appeared ready to let President Trump fire a Federal Trade Commission ...

The Supreme Court signaled Monday that it may soon rewrite the rules governing Washington’s vast bureaucracy.  According to ...

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The Trump administration's push to expand control over independent federal agencies comes before a sympathetic Supreme Court.