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My ex died. Will any of his assets come to me? Updated 9:30 PM; Q. I was married for 21 years. When I divorced my husband, he had been in prison for trying to kill me so I asked for nothing in the divorce because I was afraid of him. I only had an attorney the court appointed. He died in August and somehow my adult daughter got all the money from his death benefits and pension. Does this sound like a normal situation? — Divorced And unfortunately for you, there’s probably nothing you can do. Divorced spouses are not entitled to benefits upon death unless the benefits were part of a prope...

What are the advantages of putting assets into a trust? Updated Mar 17, 2021; — Planning While you are competent you can act as trustee, alone or with another as co-trustee. When you no longer wish to manage, or when you are no longer capable of managing your affairs, your co-trustee or a successor trustee can assume all of the duties, said Catherine Romania, an estate planning attorney with Witman Stadtmauer in Florham Park. If you did not place your assets into a revocable trust, you would need to appoint an agent under a durable power of attorney to handle your financial affairs, she sa...

My brother died. Are these fees taken from his estate legal? Updated Feb 02, 2021; Q. I’m a beneficiary to my brother’s estate in New Jersey. My younger brother, the executor, is also a real estate broker. When he sold two properties from the estate, he paid himself real estate commissions totaling about $75,000. He never accounted for the rents on the real estate for the two years he managed the properties. Can he do this and do I have any recourse? — Older brother A. It can get ugly when family members question how an estate is being handled by another relative.

The inheritance tax is based on the deceased's relationship to the heirs.

The inheritance tax is based on your relationship to the person who died.