A good way to get lawyers riled up is to suggest that average lay folks can, with the help of software, write their own wills. In a new column here, The Case Against Do It Yourself Wills, Forbes ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a lawyer specializing in elder law and special needs. This article is more than 10 years old. In recent years, the ...

Aretha Franklin drafted her own will and somehow it ended up buried in her couch. Add her name to the long list of celebrities whose deaths spurred a courtroom battle over their estate. It is puzzling ...