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Liz Hurley’s The Inheritance sees people fight over part of the fortune left in a will; here’s expert advice for when it happens in real life.

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Anne Instone (Letters, August 18) attaches this label to the inheritance tax exemption in the case of lifetime gifts out of income rather than capital.

Experts say there are many reasons some beneficiaries reject assets and big problems if they fail to do so correctly. Here's a guide to avoiding them.

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Multigenerational living isn’t new — it’s how families have lived for centuries. Recently, however, the trend has experienced ...