Families and inheritance expert Marlene Stum offered guidelines for avoiding fights over estates and inheritance in The Wall Street Journal article “When Heirs Collide.”

Stum, professor in the Department of Family Social Science, authored “Who Gets Grandma’s Yellow Pie Plate?” which provides practical advice about the inheritance and transfer of non-titled personal property.

In the WSJ article she explains why consistency is key, and how defining what “fair” means is a good place to start the conversation.

MarketWatch also interviewed Stum about inheritance issues in “Who’s getting the beach house? Tell your heirs now.”

Learn more about Professor Stum’s research on her profile page.

Read “When Heirs Collide” on wsj.com.

Read “Who’s getting the beach house?” in the MarketWatch blog.