Dear Annie: My parents, especially my mother, were abusive throughout my childhood—physically, verbally, and emotionally. I lived in fear from the time I was 5 years old. I worked hard, stayed out of ...

A recent article from the Wall Street Journal shows how at-home DNA kits opened the door to inheritance conflicts that no one saw coming. Take Carmen Thomas of Boston, for example. Thomas was raised ...

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has suffered another budget blow with a rebellion by rural Labour MPs over inheritance tax on farmers. Speaking during the final day of the Commons debate on the budget, ...

My stepfather died two years ago, leaving his entire estate to my mother. During their marriage, they built up considerable wealth and generously gave each child – his children, their children ...

THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS, the youth wing of Switzerland’s Social Democratic Party, do not have any MPs in parliament, but they know how to make a stir. On November 30th the country held a referendum on ...

Swiss voters have decisively turned down a sweeping new inheritance levy on multimillionaires, choosing to protect the country's role as a magnet for global wealth rather than test how many rich ...