Losing a spouse brings immense emotional weight and, often, unexpected financial decisions. For many surviving spouses, one of the most complicated and confusing tasks is deciding what to do with the ...

What if a husband and wife own a home together that increases in value by $500,000. When one spouse dies and the other owns the property themselves, do they receive a step-up in basis? Or do they only ...

Even as the signals of approaching dementia became impossible to ignore, Joseph Drolet dreaded the prospect of moving his partner into a long-term care facility. Drolet, 79, and his beloved Rebecca, ...

Dear Mr. Premack: My wife is not on the deed for our house. I would like for her to be joint on the deed. This way if I pass away she has no problem? We are still paying on our home the mortgage is in ...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. – Monday mornings at 4 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, before service members start their weekday physical training, Army spouse Lupe Najarro is busy baking at home. “It’s ...

The Eighth Circuit held that a taxpayer’s spouse lacked a present property interest in the taxpayer’s home, so she was not entitled to receive a portion of the sales proceeds in a forced sale action ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HOUSTON (AP) — A word to the wise: If you ...