Counseling Couples — Inheritances for Adult Children — Should Couples Spend the Money?

Aging Baby Boomers

     This new article discusses couples counseling and the issue of inheritances for adult children. It contends that after a lifetime of giving parents should no longer have an obligation of giving an inheritance.  Surprisingly, it states that most adult children don’t have expectations of inheritance. This may be one view but it is certainly not so clear cut. Couples counseling over money issues including inheritances is always difficult. It involves many concerns and always needs to be tailored to the individual family.

 

Parents, Adult Children and Inheritances.” New York Times (9.21.14)