Inheritance can be a complicated topic, often tied to deep emotions and family dynamics. One of our readers, Janet, recently found herself in an unexpected situation after the passing of her father.

Some stories don’t warn you they’re going to hurt until you’re already halfway through them. This one came from a reader who ...

Evelyn Fox Keller expresses dismay at the persistent rejection of the answer “neither nature nor nurture, but both” to the perennial debate setting one against the other (18 September, p 28). This ...

Having a comprehensive estate plan is crucial to ensure the preservation of your assets. Beware of legal and tax complications for common assets such as houses and retirement funds. An estate-planning ...

When should parents discuss inheritance with their children? The ideal situation is when the parents have everything in order. However, this does not always happen. In my own family, we have had both ...

Q.: Your piece about the guy who inherited an IRA and wanted to split it with his sisters got me thinking. Do people have to accept an inheritance? Back To Top ...

It is shown that the method of Heuch and Li for recursive calculation of conditional genotype probabilities in pedigrees also applies to joint phenotype probability calculations. This procedure was ...