Before you agree to act as an executor, understand some of the potential hazards and how to most effectively navigate them.

Why it matters: The legal precedent, Humphrey's Executor v. United States, protects commissioners at independent agencies ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. The executor of an estate is someone who wraps up a deceased individual’s financial affairs. If the deceased has a will ...

A distant family member died and I just found out I'm stuck handling their estate. What to do when you're named executor and ...

President Donald Trump fired Democratic Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly ...

The firings of Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter directly challenge the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 1935 decision ...

The White House on Wednesday vowed to defend President Trump’s firings of two Democratic commissioners at the Federal Trade ...

Donald Trump's contention that he can legally fire anyone employed by the federal government despite a 90-year Supreme Court ...

David and Pamela Hasselhoff's oldest daughter, Taylor Ann Hasselhoff-Fiore, filed court documents to handle her late mother ...

As Trump pushes to expand executive authority, his administration has set its sights on overturning Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, a 1935 decision that limits a president’s ability to ...

President Trump fired the two Democratic commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The removals of Alvaro Bedoya and ...