Lifestyle and Budget

Don't wait until it's too late: get your parent's financial information now and make necessary changes while they still have the capacity and legal authority to do so

Now parents have a new worry: Child identity theft. Here's when and why your child's credit history should be checked.

Whether your debt will haunt your children depends on their liability for the accounts today.

While parents might be trying to say all the right things when it comes to saving, spending and creating a budget, they may be unintentionally passing on bad money habits.

There is one sure way to take your name off a co-signed loan. But many can't do it.

Parents of newborns can expect a college degree to cost more than $300,000 when their children head off to school—and that’s if they go to an in-state public university, according to a new study. But there are steps they can take to ease the savings pain.

Unless you were a co-signer, you are not responsible for your deceased parent's debt.

When identity fraud victims know their imposters, it can tear through both  relationships and financial well-being.

Knowing how to handle mistakes can mean the difference between an error becoming a learning opportunity or a bad habit.

What happens when the authorized user passes away before a cash advance is paid off? 

An 89-year-old mom is carrying $20,000 in card debt from purchasing gifts for loved ones. Will the family be liable for the debt when she dies?

State laws vary on what age a teen may start driving.  Some states allow those as young as 14 to get a permit. Here's how parents can make sure their young drivers are covered. 

At what age should children get their own credit cards to help their scores.

Most trucks are gas guzzlers, but these pickups stretch time between fill-ups.

When a marriage is over, joint accounts should be severed. If not, an ex's financial misbehavior can come back to haunt you

Gay and lesbian couples have tools to combat discrimination from landlords.

Once a parent passes, all bills should go through his or her estate. Even if you used the card with permission prior to death, if it's not your card, it's not your bill.

Charter schools enter the education scene in 1991 and have been steadily gaining steam. Here's what parents need to know about launching these publicly-funded, but independently run schools.

It can be hard to turn down family members that  needed a cash infusion. But to keep both the relationship and retirement fund intact, boomers need to set clear payback guidelines and expectations.

New guidelines coming from the Department of Labor clarifies rules regarding benefits for those in same-sex marriages.