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Ettinger Law Firm – The Prequel
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Pet Trusts
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Medicaid Asset Protection Trust Myths
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The Santa Clause in Estate Planning — 2025
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Tax and Medicaid Law Changes for 2025
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Estate Planning Requires Confidence Building
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Myths About Estate Planning
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Planning for Single Relative Living Alone
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Home Care with Community Medicaid
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Leaving an IRA to a Trust
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Elder Law Estate Planning Misconceptions
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Taking Back Control with a Living Trust
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Protecting Your Future
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Second Marriage Planning
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Book Review: “SuperAging” by David Cravit and LarryWolf
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Medicaid Asset Protection Trust (MAPT) v. Life Estate Deed
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Spousal Refusal – Just Say No
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Health Care Decision-Making
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Planning for Those You Are Responsible For
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What is Elder Law Estate Planning?
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Medical Aid in Dying (MAID)
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Tax and Medicaid Law Changes for 2024
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Communications Devices for Older Adults
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The Attitude of Gratitude
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Planning Issues for Women
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Gifting to Minors
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A Baker’s Dozen Reasons to Use a Trust
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Asset Protection is Inheritance Protection
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Planning For and Executing Inheritances (Part One)
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Aging Life Care Managers (ALCM)
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Taxation of Trusts
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You Cannot Disinherit Your Spouse
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Taking Back Control with a Living Trust
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Book Review: “The Good Life”, by Robert Waldinger, MD and Marc Schulz, PhD
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Home Care with Community Medicaid
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Qualifying for Medicaid to Pay for Long-Term Care
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Health Benefits of Forgiveness
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Reasons to Revise Your Estate Plan
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Book Review: “Successful Aging” by Daniel J. Levitin
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Contesting a Will
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If You Don’t Understand the Plan, You Don’t Have a Plan
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Polypharmacy in Older Adults
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The Five Steps to an Elder Law Estate Plan
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Trusts Create Order Out of Chaos
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Death with Dignity: Hospice Care
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Battling the Epidemic of Loneliness
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When Does a Trust Make Sense
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Book Review: Let’s Talk About Death, by Michael Hebb
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Better Sleep for Seniors
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In Wills We Trusted
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Strength Training for Seniors
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2023 Elder Law Estate Planning Changes
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Eight Good Reasons to Plan Your Estate
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Saving Half on the Nursing Home Doorstep
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Estate Planning for the Estranged Child
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Keeping The Lights On
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Powers of Attorney Are for Everyone
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The Secure Act and Your IRA
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Book Review: John Leland’s “Happiness is a Choice You Make”
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Avoiding Guardianship in New York
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Estate Planning for Pets
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Capital Gains Tax Tips
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The Value of Revising Your Estate Plan
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Advice on Removing an Executor from an Estate
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Feds Issue Warning about Denying Care to Individuals with Disabilities
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Staying Away from Financial Elder Abuse
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Estate Planning Is Critical During a Period of Wealth Transfer
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Taking Advantage of the Estate Tax Portability Provision
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What You Should Know About Creating a Special Trust for Your Elderly Loved One
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The Stonewall Era of LGBTQ+ Elders Approaches Long-Term Care
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Health and Human Services Lengthens Deadline for State Improvements to Some Medicaid Services
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Estate Planning Alternatives to Quiet Trusts
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Raising Issues of Incapacity or Undue Influence to Challenge Estate Plans
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Audits Could Leave Many People Without Health Insurance
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Postal Service Switches Retirement Benefits to Medicare
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Utilizing Trusts to Reduce Taxes Faced by Your Legacy
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Bear Markets and Estate Planning
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Utilizing Estate Planning for the Digital Future
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The Impact Covid Has on Long-Term Care Insurance
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Deciding Whether Your Senior Loved One Needs an Elder Law Attorney
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Estate Planning Issues to Consider Before Getting Married
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Understanding the Reality of Revocable Trusts
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Remember to Learn Your Parent’s Finance Plans
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Nursing Homes See Loss of Deficiency Appeals
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Additional State Oversight Needed to Improve Hospice Care for Assisted Living Population
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Eskra: A Reminder about Premarital Agreements and Estate Planning
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Lessons Learned from In re the Purported Will of Moore
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Austin Case Provides Estate Planning Lessons
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Trump Administration Medicare Faces Increased Scrutiny
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Biden Administration Begins Improvement of Nursing Homes
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Situations Where Your Digital Assets Last Longer Than You
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Estate Planning in the Digital Era
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Critical Issues to Consider When Estate Planning
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Tips on Avoiding Uncertainty about Health Documents While Estate Planning
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Reduction to Medicare Part B Looming
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4 Estate Planning Strategies to Protect Your Assets
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Revocable Trust Lessons After the Death of Stephen Sondheim
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Diversifying Your Assets After Years of Employment
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Avoiding Surprise Bill and Complications with a Recent Regulation
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State-Run ACA Exchanges Create Alternative Plans
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Economy’s Condition Thrives Off Obamacare
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Minimum Nursing Home Requirements Become Effective in New York
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Taking the Time to Begin (And Complete) Your Estate Plan
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Navigating Challenges Associated with Death Taxes
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Advice on Reviewing Family Legacy Plans
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Advice on Succession Planning in 2022
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Estate Planning Advice After Middle-Aged Divorces
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Issues that Could Invalidate a Will
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Biden Regulations Do Not Qualify Families As Essential Caregivers
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The Role of the Stop Unfair Medicaid Recoveries Act
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Instability in Nursing Home Staffing Impacts Resident Quality of Care
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What to Know About New York’s Estate Tax Cliff
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Start-Up Poised to Make Estate Planning Accessible to Everyone
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What You Need to Know about Living Trusts
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How to Avoid Disagreements with Trustees
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A Quick Guide to Reverse Estate Planning
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Reasons to Revise Your Estate Plan:(And What You Should Consider Revising)
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National Institute of Health Bill Widens Medicare Telehealth
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Social Security in 2022 and Beyond
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Making the Most of Estate Planning in 2022
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Alternatives to Living Trusts
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Clark Case Provides Lesson on How to Avoid Family Estate Planning Disputes
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7 Limitations to Medicare
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Coronavirus Deaths Encourage New Elder Law Guidelines
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Understanding Special Administrators: Lessons Learned from In Re Estate of Jones
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The Residential Property Condition Disclosure Act and Estate Planning: Lessons Learned from Rickard v. Coulimore
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Estate Planning and Former Spouses
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Updates Made to State Voting Laws for People with Limited Capacity
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Dobson Highlights Challenges with Medicare Part D Medication Coverage
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What to Consider Following the Increase in the Annual Gift Tax Exclusion
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Crisis and Estate Planning Documents
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Demand for Estate Planning Increases As More Millennials Become Caregivers
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Geriatric Guidelines Suggest How to Improve Elderly Care
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What Should You Do After a Loved One Passes Away?
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Hidden Estate Planning Advantage to This Year’s IRS Filing
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4 Estate Planning Strategies to Protect Your Assets
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The Importance of Reviewing Digital Asset Estate Plans
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Commonly Asked Questions about Over-the-Counter Tests and Medicare
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How Medicare and Medicaid Are Addressing Long-Term Care Issues
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Reasons to Write an Electronic Will Regardless of Age
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Estate Plans Should Contemplate Pets
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Estate Planning Lessons from Rain Man
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How the Pandemic Impacted What Technology Is Used by Seniors
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Answers to Commonly Asked Medicare Home Health Questions
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Minnesota Case Emphasizes Important Trust Management Lessons
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Riverside v. Snukst: A Lesson on How to Avoid Trust Disputes
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Lessons from Heiting v. the United States: Utilizing Claim-Of-Right Deductions
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Federal Agency Increases Visibility about Fines Faced by Nursing Homes
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Court’s Expansive Interpretation of Abuse Act Widens Protection for Elder
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Making the Most of Estate Planning in 2022
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Taking the Time to Review or Create an Estate Plan
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Avoiding Undesirable Estate Planning Situations
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How to Help an Elderly Loved One Without Overstepping Boundaries
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Center for Medicaid Services Revised FAQ
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Understanding the Role of Federal Taxes in 2022
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The Advantage of Utilizing SPA Trusts in Your Estate Plan
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The Status of Estate and Gift Taxes in 2022
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Considering Medicare Advantage Plan Alternative
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A Few Ways to Increase Your Retirement Savings in 2022
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Revises Nursing Home Visitation Requirements
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A Few Important Things to Remember about Digital Asset Planning
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Estate Planning for Non U.S. Citizens
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New Community-Based Palliative Care Model Proposed
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Estate Planning Advice for Single Parents
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Estate Planning Issues to Address Before 2021 Is Over
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Department of Treasury Releases Estate Planning Guidelines
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What You Can to Protect Your Inheritance
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Home Care and Hospice Services Still Uncertain about Federal Vaccine Requirements
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California Court Resolves Ownership Presumptions in Probate Disputes
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Avoid Falling for Myths about Slip and Falls
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The Estate Planning Needs of the Unmarried
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Understanding Psychiatric Advance Directives
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Revising Estate Plans Before and After Divorce
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Critical Estate Planning for Modern Families
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What You Should Know About Family Education Trusts
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Approaching Tax Law Changes That You Should Know
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Lessons Learned from the Management of the Late James Brown’s Estate
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The Challenge of Dealing with Children Born During and Outside Marriage
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Utilizing an Able Account to Care for Loved Ones
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5 Types of Estate Planning Documents You’ll Need
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The Basics: Estate Planning Issues for the Unmarried
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Study Reveals Turning 65 Greatly Lowers Health Care Costs
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Things You Should Know Before Your Writing a Will
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Performing Successful Estate Planning When You Have a Blended Family
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Medicaid Issues Statement on Third-Party Liability
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Anticipating Estate Planning Changes Under the Biden Administration
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Ways to Reduce the Risks of Probate Litigation
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Making the Most of Life Insurance In Your Estate Plan
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Important SSI Changes that You Should Know
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Study Shows Covid-19 Impacts More than Nursing Homes When It Comes to Seniors
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Answers to Some Common Nursing Home Problems
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What You Can Do Now to Protect Your Loved One from Elder Abuse
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Estate Plans Are for Everyone (Not Just the Extremely Wealthy)
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Estate Planning Issues to Address New Texas Proposals
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Ways You Can Utilize Life Insurance In Your Estate Plan
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A Review of Conservatorships Following the Britney Spears Case
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Be Aware! Recent Estate Planning Scams
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Taking Rising Healthcare Costs into Consideration
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Advice on Helping Your Loved One with Estate Planning
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5 Estate Planning Errors to Avoid if You Remarry with Children
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Widows and the Financial Dangers Associated with Remarriage
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Recognizing the Dangers Associated with Designated Beneficiaries and Transfer on Death Accounts
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How to Remain Engaged with a Loved One Who Enters a Nursing Home
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Recognizing the Challenge with Naming Minors as Beneficiaries
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Medicare for 60-Years Is Not Always the Best Deal
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Elderly with Functional Impairments at Higher Risk for Misuse of Prescription Drugs
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Court Reverses Injunction against Co-Trustees
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Gun Safety and the Elderly
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Considering Using a Will vs. Trust in Your Estate Plan
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Utilizing Private Placement Life Insurance in Estate Planning
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After the Covid-19 Pandemic: Making Sure You Have the Critical Estate Planning Documents
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Advice on Using New York Trusts for Asset Protection
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Five Estate Planning Issues to Address on Retirement
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A Quick Review of Medicare Changes in 2021
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Some of the Most Notable Estate Planning Myths
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Appreciating the Medicare Five-Star Nursing Home Rating System
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Understanding How Federal Initiatives Will Impact the Future of Medicaid
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Readying Your Retirement Plan for Pending Tax Changes
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Six Pet Considerations for Estate Planning
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What Makes Estate Planning Critical
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Understanding How Divorce Impacts Your Estate Plan
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Ways to Avoid Retirement Savings Tax Issues
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Advice on Estate Planning for an LLC Interest
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New Jersey Court Decides Influential Elder Law Case
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A Simplified Power of Attorney: Holding the “Short” Form Power of Attorney to its Name
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How the Covid-19 Pandemic Has Increased the Risk of Elder Fraud
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California Court Decides Sonoma Trust Case
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Are Lifetime Gifts Right for You?
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Should You Revise Your Estate Plan After Your Children Age?
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Saving Wakanda: Estate Planning Lessons from Chadwick Boseman
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Important Estate Planning Issues if You’re Moving Abroad
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Advice on Planning for Nursing Home Care Cost
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Lessons Learned from In Estate of Tillotson
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Considering Medicaid If You’re Under 65
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Advice on Selecting a Professional Trustee to Manage Your Trust
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Utilizing Asset Location While Estate Planning
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Lawsuit Challenges Preventive Care Under Affordable Care Act
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Anticipating Potential Changes with Estate Planning
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Addressing Depression Following a Dementia Diagnosis
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3 Tips about Using Life Insurance In Your Estate Plan
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2 Estate Planning Issues for Business Owners
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The Truth Behind 3 Myths Concerning Asset Ownership and Nursing Homes
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Lessons Learned About Residuary Clauses after Odom v. Coleman
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Factors to Consider When Deciding Whether a Spousal Lifetime Access Trust Is Right for You
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3 Critical Estate Planning Steps People of All Ages Should Take
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4 Details about Utilizing Crisis Medicaid Planning
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4 Critical Steps to Take While Managing Your Google Account for Estate Planning
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Lessons Learned After In Re Estate of Theodore George
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5 Tips on Engaging in Successful Estate Planning
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5 Things You Should Know About Adult Guardianship
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4 Reasons Why Everyone Needs an Estate Plan
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4 Estate Planning Techniques to Consider During the Covid-19 Pandemic
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5 Mistakes in Trusts Or Wills that Courts Might Correct
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4 Pieces of Estate Planning Advice for Second Marriages
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3 Questions about Guardians After Framing Brittney
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3 Things to Consider about Handwritten Wills in New York
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5 Things to Consider About Nursing Home
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4 Pieces of Advice About Selecting an Assisted Living Facility
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5 Tips on Caring for a Long-Distance Aging Parent
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2 New Tax Changes that Will Impact Your Estate Plan
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4 Ways to Care for a Loved One in a Nursing Home
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4 Critical Estate Planning Actions to Take While You’re Still Healthy
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3 Facts about Navigating Elder Abuse during the Covid-19 Pandemic
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3 Facts about Estate Planning Challenges After Mayberry
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3 Estate Planning Lessons from Prince
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4 Tips on Navigating a Loved One’s Dementia
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3 Details to Remember about Signing Estate Plans Remotely
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5 Tips on Navigating Elder Law – Estate Planning After a Divorce
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3 Things to Remember About How Adoptions Impacts Estate Planning
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3 Tips on Estate Planning During a New Presidential Administration
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3 Critical Things to Remember about New York Holographic Wills
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3 Pieces of Advice on Estate Planning for Your Digital Assets
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Important Issues to Consider About Federal Estate Tax in 2021
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Ways to Avoid Being “Squeezed” as an Elderly Caregiver
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What Ochse v. Ochse Means for Trust Planning
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Lessons Learned After IRS Proposes User Fee for Estate Tax Closing Letters
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Lessons Learned After New York Mail Fraud Case
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3 Tips on Discussing Estate Planning with Your Parents
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4 Things To Appreciate About Theft and Nursing Homes
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Reasons Why Estate Planning Should Be Part of Your Retirement Plan
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4 Things to Understand about Nursing Homes and Bed Sores
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Estate Planning Advice If You Plan on Relocating
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3 Tips About When Crisis Medicaid Planning Is Appropriate
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Deciding Whether a Revocable or Irrevocable Trust Is Best For You
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4 Issues to Remember About “Black Sheeps” and Estate Planning
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3 Pieces of Advice on Selecting a Trustee
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3 Estate Planning Strategies As You Plan Out 2021
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4 Important Things to Remember about Guardian Ad Litem
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4 Tips on Adding Powers of Appointment to Your Estate Plan
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4 Issues to Consider When Creating a Spousal Lifetime Access Trust
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3 Ways to Reduce COVID-19 Risks in Nursing Homes
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3 Tips on Having Long-Term Care Discussions Now And Not Later
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How to Create an Estate Plan that Can Be Quickly Modified
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3 Ways Life Insurance Policies Play Vital Roles in Estate Plans
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4 Estate Planning Reminders During The COVID-19 Spike
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3 Invaluable Estate Planning Trusts You Should Consider
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Four COVID-19 Scams To Avoid
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3 Reasons Why You’ll Like Need More than a Will
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3 Things to Remember About Passing Assets to a Financially Irresponsible Beneficiary
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Overcoming the Challenge of Undue Influence
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A Quick Guide to Caregiver Assignments
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Frequently Asked Questions About Qualified Personal Residence Trusts
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Who Can Be Held Liable for New York Nursing Home Deaths?
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What Should You Know About Electronic Wills?
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A Quick Guide to Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts
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3 Ways to Transfer Property to a Special Needs Trust
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Deciding if Now Is the Best Time for Family Gifting
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What’s the Difference Between Power of Attorney and a Guardianship?
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Estate Planning Advice as a Surviving Spouse
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Making the Most of Estate Planning Opportunities
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Utilizing Estate Plan to Establish Your Legacy
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Safe Ways to Spend Assets So You Still Qualify for Medicaid
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Post-Election Estate Planning Issues You Should Consider
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Protecting Assets With Caregiver Agreements
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Business Succession Planning
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The Four Basic Protections of Elder Law Estate Planning
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2020 Medicaid Rates for Community and Nursing Home Medicaid in New York
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How the New Rules Under the Secure Act Changes the Way People Will Inherit Money
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A Primer on Recent Financial Opportunity Zone Regulations
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Save for Retirement and Pay-Off Your Student Loans
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What Real Estate Inheritance Option Is Best For You?
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Children and Estate Plans: Equality Is Not Required
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How Much Do You Think You Need for Retirement?
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Growing with Your Estate Plan: How Things Change As You Age
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About 40 Million Americans to Experience a Drop to their FICO Score
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5 Critical Reminders about Inheritance Tax
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Advances in Reproductive Technology Lead to Estate Planning Obstacles
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Assisted Reproductive Technology and Estate Plans
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4 Reasons Your Loved Ones Wish You Had an Estate Plan
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Why Claiming Social Security Benefits at 62 May be Good for You
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Trusts and Family-Run Government Contractor Companies
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Things to Know If You’re Considering a Handwritten New York Will
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Estate Planning and Separate Property in New York
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Divorcees, You Could Be Owed Extra Social Security benefits?
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Distinguishing Between the Types of Guardianship in New York
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How much can you receive in divorce benefits?
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Using a Will to Place Assets into a Trust
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Are You Still Concerned About Your Child’s Spouse?
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How Long You Can Expect Estate Asset Distribution to Take
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When Wills Aren’t Enough to Solve Estate Planning Disputes
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Advice on Discussing Long Term Care with Parents
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Estate Planning in Turbulent Times – Additional Things to Consider
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Lessons Learned from Knives Out
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4 Things to Remember about Irrevocable Trusts
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Remedying Estate Planning Mistakes with Trusts
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Advice on Performing a Retirement Review
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Tips on Planning for the Care of Your Pet
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Should I Get Long-Term Care Insurance?
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Is a 401(k) Rollover Worth It?
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Pay Up: 13 States that Tax Social Security Benefits
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Why Advance Health Directives Are Overlooked and How to Create One
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Advice on Letting Your Children Know They Won’t Receive an Inheritance
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Back to Basics: Estate Planning 101, Part IV
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What Separates ABLE Accounts From Special Needs Trusts?
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Discovering the Power of Estate Accounts
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Back to Basics: Estate Planning 101, Part III
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Back to Basics: Estate Planning 101, Part II
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How the Repeal of Stretch IRAs in 2020 Will Impact Estate Planning
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6 End of Year Estate Planning Mistakes to Avoid
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Back to Basics: Estate Planning 101, Part I
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Critical Advice when Selecting a Trustee
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When a Beneficiary Passes Away before a Testator in New York
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New York Publicity Law and Estate Planning
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Advice on Estate Planning for New York Farm Families
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Deciding on a New York Home Funeral
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Difficulties that Can Arise with Guardianship
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Estate Conflicts in Close-Knit Families
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Anticipating the Role of Electronic Wills
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Deciding Whether to Create a Trust for Children
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2020 Guide to Social Security for Married Couples
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2020 Guide to Social Security as You Approach Retirement
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3 Tips for Reading a Trust
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2 Estate Planning Lessons from Recent Cases
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Going to Canada for Insulin
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Updating Your Estate Plan around Divorce
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Driving to Canada for Cheap Prescription Drugs
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Making the Most of Your 401(k) in 2020
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Six Things to Do When Your Parents Do Not Have Retirement Savings
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What To Do if There’s No to Receive Your Assets
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What New Jersey’s Aid-In Dying Law Means for Estate Planning
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Do you have the holiday blues?
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Advice on Passing on Ownership in Family Businesses
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Deciding which IRA Works Best for You
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Deciding What Role Your Home Plays in Estate Planning
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Utilizing Reverse Mortgage in Estate Planning
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Why you lose when you claim Social Security benefits early
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Estate Planning Strategies to Utilize Before the End of the Year
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Options if You Disagree with Estate Distribution: Lessons from In Re: Estate of Krasinski
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How We Sleep
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Estate Planning Documents All College Students Need
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Disinheritance Following a Second Marriage
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How to Stop Procrastinating and Write Your Estate Plan
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How to Better Prepare Your Family for the Unanticipated
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Aging and Sleep
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Estate Planning Errors You Need to Avoid
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Using Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts to Avoid Estate Taxes
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Continuing Care at Home
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4 Tips for Managing Digital Assets
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Can I Get Kicked Out of My Assisted Living Home?
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The Challenges and Advantages of Creating a Trust
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Exemptions to the Bankruptcy Marital Exception
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How to Better Protect Your Assets from Creditors: Lessons from In Estate of Holdaway
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Advantages of Non-traditional Estate Planning Tips
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2018 Special Needs Trust POMS Revisions
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When Should You Get A POLST Order?
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How to Stop Hesitating and Finally Write Your Estate Plans
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How Beneficiary Designations Can Complicate Your Estate Plan
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Changes to Nursing Home Compare Facility Information
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Estate Planning Documents Every Young Child Needs
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Understanding the Role of Trust Protectors
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An Army of Volunteer Helpers
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How is Inheritance Tax Different from Estate Tax?
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What Happens When a Will’s Language is Inconsistent with the Titling of an Account Held with Survivorship Rights?
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Advice on Handling Specific Bequests in Wills
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What You Should Know About the New York Survivor’s Benefit Program
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Can Debt Collectors and Creditors Garnish My Retirement Benefits?
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Important Estate Planning Steps to Take after a Parent’s Death
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Why More than Wills Are Necessary for Estate Planning
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What to Do When a Loved One Passes (The Survivor’s Guide)
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Estate Planning Strategies for Couples without Children
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Estate Planning Advice for Millenials
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What Trust Instrument Is Right for You?
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New Estate Planning Topics You Should Know About
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How to Reduce the Risk of Revocable Trust Litigation
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Understanding the Differences Between Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts
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Estate Planning and 529 Plans
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Mistakes to Avoid When Establishing Trusts, Part 2
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Should Medicaid Planning Be Included in Your Estate Plan?
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A Quick Guide to New York MOLST Forms
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Mistakes to Avoid When Establishing Trusts, Part 1
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Advice from Sveen v. Melin on the Importance of Beneficiary Designations
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Lessons from Groucho Marx: Reducing the Risk of Elder Abuse
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Estate Planning Challenges Faced by Unmarried Couples
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The Elements of a Successful Inheritance Trust
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How to Neutralize Challenges to Your Will
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Estate Planning and Cryptocurrency
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4 Pieces of Advice on Selecting an Executor
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What Are Marital Trusts?: Lessons learned from Comptroller v. Taylor
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Lessons Learned from In re Peter Val Preda Trusts
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How to Deal with Out-of-State Assets in an Estate Plan
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Issues to Consider before Creating a Living Will
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Estate Planning and Alzheimer’s
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Safeguarding Estate Planning Documents
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4 Retirement Mistakes You Should Avoid
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Do You and Your Partner Have Identical Wishes Regarding Your Assets?
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Estate Planning after the Death of a Spouse
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A Quick Guide to the SECURE Act
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Advice on Estate Planning for Children
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What are Long-Term Care Hospitals?
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What Happens to Digital Currency following Death
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Estate Planning Issues for Couples who Marry Later in Life
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Caring for Parents with Dementia: Legal Considerations
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Spotting Common Errors Associated with Estate Planning
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Opioid Crisis at Home: Rise in Elder Abuse Tied to Opioid Epidemic
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Tips on Keeping Estate Planning Documents Safe
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Reasons to Routinely Update Beneficiary Designations
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Irrevocable Trusts and Divorce: Words of Caution
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Important Details You Should Know about Federal Estate Tax
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Preventing Deed Fraud and Mortgage Scams
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Divorce and Estate Planning: Advice to Follow
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Lessons Learned from Northport Health Services v. Posey
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A Quick Guide to Revocable Trusts
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How to Retain Control over Medical Decisions if You Become Incapacitated
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Estate Planning Advice for Remarried Individuals
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Deciding what State Law Should Apply to Your Trust
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Is Aging in Place the Best Option for You?
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Affording Long Term Health Care
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The Role of Irrevocable Trusts: Taking Steps to Ensure that Loved Ones Receive Assets
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Medigap changes coming next year for future 65-year-olds
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Supreme Court Hears Estate Planning Case
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Important Things to Know about Estate Planning: Lessons from Gonzalez v. City National Bank
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Study Finds Widely Prescribed Class of Meds Might Raise Dementia Risk
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Avoiding Confusion about a Family Plot
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Recognizing the Common Mistakes that People Make with IRA Accounts
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More Good Reasons to Add a Trust to Your Estate Plan
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5 Pieces of Estate Planning Advice for People Without Children
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Misconceptions about Power of Attorney
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Adding a Trust to Your Estate Plan
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Things to Consider when Selecting a Person for Power of Attorney
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Advice on Successful Family Meetings after Divorce
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Drug Prices Continue to Soar
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Common Type of Estate Planning Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)
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Turcott v. Estate of Clarence D. Bates: Unjust Enrichment and How to Avoid It
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Report Finds Almost All Americans Take Social Security at the Wrong Time
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Advice on Funding Special Needs Trusts
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The Role of Handwritten Wills
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Reasons to Consider Creating a Trust
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Advice on Selecting a Digital Asset Guardian
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Who Pays and When Does a Reverse Mortgage Become Due and Payable?
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Important Considerations in the Removal of an Administrator or Executor
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Reverse Mortgages
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Estate Planning and Assisted Reproductive Technology
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A Note on Afternoon Doctor Visits
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Defining Undue Influence: Lessons Learned from Portland Museum of Art v. Germain
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6 Things You Should Know about Pet Trusts
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Handling Digital Assets in Estate Administration
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Advice on Navigating 5 Common Estate Planning Emotional Blocks
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Estate Planning Advice for Single Parents
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Estate Planning after Marriage or Divorce
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Importance of digital asset planning in estate planning
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Planning Ahead: Estate Planning and Beneficiary Designations
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Help! My Father Gifted Me Bitcoin But No One Can Find the Private Key
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Advice on Avoiding Estate Planning Fraud
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Estate Planning Advice for Investors
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Can I gift a digital asset?
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Lessons Learned from Hegadorn v. Dept. of Human Services
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Common Lies that People Hear about Estate Planning
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Types of Will Gifts or Bequests
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Avoiding the Common Errors Presented by Online Estate Planning Documents
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Finding Digital Assets When the Will Is Silent As to their Existence
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Examining the Truth behind 4 Long Lasting Estate Planning Myths
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Five Things to Share about Your Estate Plan
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5 Reasons to Make Sure Your Estate Plan is Routinely Updated
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Why is a Will Important? Part I
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The Basics: 6 Common Estate Planning Errors to Avoid
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Deciphering Contradictory Nutritional Information
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How, Why, and When: On Revising an Estate Plan
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Using Trusts as an Alternative to Wills
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Loneliness
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Recognizing Current Challenges to Estate Planning
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What to Do if You Are Left Out of Your Parent’s Will
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Tips on Avoiding Will Writing Errors
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The Dangers of Do It Yourself Estate Planning
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5 Essential Steps of Quick Estate Planning
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Lessons on Emergency Guardians from Gavin v. Loeffelbein
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Common Health Care Story: When Your Doctor Can Be Anyone
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Complex Issues involving Marijuana and Estate Planning Intersect
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Elder Domestic Violence
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Lessons on Domicile from In re Estate of Helms
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Needs of Aging LGBT Community
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Advice on Avoiding Probate from Jones v. Brewster
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A Reminder on Non Charitable Deductions from Dieringer v. Commissioner
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Health Alert: Seniors and Mental Illness
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Under the Radar: Autism in Seniors
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How to Reduce the Risks Associated with Estate Planning
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Pro Se Proceedings Advice after Pappas v. Phillip Morris Inc.
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The Key to Happiness in Nordic Countries is Reading, Coffee and Saunas
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Key Things to Know about Medicaid Spend Down
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Elder Well-Being Alert: Healthy Heart Update
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How to Recover Hearing You’ve Lost
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Estate Planning Scams about which You Should Be Aware
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Estate Planning Details to Always Disclose to Your Estate Planning Advisor
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NY Estate Planning Strategies for Single Individuals
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Bucking Trends: Age is Just a Number and More Seniors are Renting Rather Than Owning Their Homes
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What Does It Meant to Decant a Trust?
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Healthy Vision: Taking Care of Your Eyes as You Age
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Important Things to Remember about Estate Plans
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Estate Planning Advice when You Dislike an In-Law
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Understanding Family Foundations
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Recognizing the Importance of Life Insurance
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A Diabetes Home Test Can Be a Waste of Time and Money: What Lies Beneath FDA Approved Medical Testing and Devices
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The Difference between Roth and Traditional IRAs
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On Disability and Facebook: Uncle Sam Wants to Friend You
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Estate Planning with Digital Assets
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Meet Alexa’s Cousin, Aiva in Hospitals
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Why Estate Planning is Critical Even If You Don’t Have Children
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Aging and the Environment
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People with Few Assets May Still Benefit From a Trust
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Long-term Care Planning for Older Americans
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Reminders: Reasons to Create an Estate Plan
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Preventing the Claw Back of Gift Transfers Under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
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Tips on Picking a Personal Representative
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Medicare for All or Medicare at 50? Expansion of Medicare and Medicaid, Part 2
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Are Electronic Wills the Wave of the Future?
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Medicare for All or Medicare at 50? Expansion of Medicare and Medicaid, Part 1
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The Advantages Asset Protection Trusts in New York
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Popular Estate Planning Strategies That Can Lower Your Taxes
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Advice when Estate Planning for Someone with Brain Damage
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Probating an Estate Following a Loved One’s Death
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Creating Estate Plan for Your Pets
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Frequently Asked Questions About Powers of Attorney
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Important Estate Plan Considerations as You Begin 2019
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Signs it is Time to Revise Your Estate Planning Documents
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What your Estate Plan Should Include
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Reasons to Think Twice about Do It Yourself Estate Plans
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Nearly Half of Americans Over 55 Have No Will or Estate Plan
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Legal Basics: Questions a NY Estate Planning Lawyer Can Help You Address
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The Life-Changing Magic of Planning Your Estate
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Estate Administration Disputes
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Commonly Asked Questions about 529 College Plans
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Death and Your Digital Identity
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The Basics: Alternatives to Litigation Over an Estate
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Aging in Place Through Continuing Care Retirement Communities
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NY Elder Law Estate Planning: Alternatives to Nursing Home Care
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Studies Issue Guidance to States on Service
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Can New York Probate Judges Reject Parts of a Last Will and Testament?
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New York Surrogate’s Court reverses Tax Department penalty on QTIP Trust
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IRS Issues Notice on ABLE Accounts
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IRS Sets Higher Estate and Gift Tax Limits for 2019
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Understanding the Law: What are the rules for Medicaid eligibility?
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Where Do I Start? Basics to Include in your Estate Plan
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Yes, You Need One: Reasons for A Last will and Testament
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Overcoming Excuses for Not Having an Estate Plan
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Common Estate Planning Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)
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Tips for Managing a Family Pot Trust in New York
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Study Suggests Older Adults are Not Taking their Prescribed Antidepressants
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Authorities Warn about New Social Security Scam Calls Targeting the Elderly
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Guide on Managing Elder Financial Affairs
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Combined Financial, Estate, and Legacy Planning
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Major Insurance Company Pulls Gym Membership Program
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Dead Man Walking or Dead Man’s Statute?
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New York DTF Investigation into the Trump Estate
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Trump Tax Conundrum Will Likely Lead to Estate Rule Reform
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Why Millennials are Estate Planning Early
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The Estate Risks of Nuncupative Will Formation
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Estate Planning for Entrepreneurs and Founders, Part 3: Advanced Wealth and Estate Transfer
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Estate Planning for Entrepreneurs and Founders, Part 2: Business Continuity and Share Transfer
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Estate Planning for Entrepreneurs and Founders
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More Insurers Offering Medicare Advantage Plans to Help Seniors get Healthcare
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New York Estate Tax Law Refunds and Future Tax Savings Offered by QTIP Trusts
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QTIP Trust Protects the Interests of Inheriting Children from Preceding Marriages
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Trusts and Estates Planning for Same-Sex Couples
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What is the Best Trust for Special Needs Planning?
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The Reinvestment Benefits of Viatical Settlement
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Why a Life-care Policy is a Value-added Investment
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Jackpot!: Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust Planning
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Calculating your Break Even Point with Social Security Benefits
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Euthanasia and Estate Planning
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Prudential Authority within Offshore and U.S. Trust Laws
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Specifying “End of Life” Instructions in Estate Planning Documents
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Federal Regulators Issue Warning About Risk of Cryptocurrencies Tied to Retirement Accounts
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New York Homestead Exemption and Probate
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New Study Predicts Factors for Longer Life
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FINRA Reforms Affect Existing Estate Plans
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New York DTF Valuation Standards and Estate, Part III: Avoiding Errors of Omission or Commission
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Improvements you Can Make to your Home to Keep it Safe in your Old Age
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New York DTF Valuation Standards and Estate, Part II: The Appraisal Process
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Nursing Home Evictions and your Rights as a Resident in New York
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New York DTF Valuation Standards and Estate, Part I: Valuation Standards
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Making Deferred Compensation Work for your Estate Planning Goals
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The Advantages of the Revised UFADAA for Estate Planning
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New York Estate Law on Revoking a Trust
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Publicity and Estate Rights to Copyright and Trademark
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Mendieta Estate v. Amazon Studios
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Elder Law Estate Planning Basics – What About Pets?
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New Bill would allow pharmacists to give Medicare patients lowest price on prescription drugs
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The 3-Tier System Rule of Third-Party Access Under the Revised UFADAA
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Medicare Coverage for Mental Health Treatment
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Why Estate Planning is Essential for Non-tax Purposes
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International Trust Estate Planning a ‘Clifford Trust’
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Creating a Living Trust While Your Home Has a Due on Sale Clause
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Look Out for the Signs of Elder Abuse
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Cryptocurrency Risk: High Exposure Asset or Retirement Fund Disaster?
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Probate Judge Removes Executor without Hearing Over Failure to Account Estate
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Protecting Your Estate from Investment Scams
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SOLD!: Fiduciary Liquidation of Property Assets
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New York Judge Denies Inheritance to Woman who Married Spouse at Life’s End
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Implication of ARTs Within New York Inheritance Law
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How to Obtain Guardianship Over a Parent
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Fine Art Estate Asset Liquidation Within Estate Tax Law
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Probating a Will When the Original Document is Absent
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What Happens if I Pass Away without a Will?
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The Truth About Decedent Credit Card Debt
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Picking the Right Trust for your Estate
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When a Bankruptcy Trustee is Appointed by the Court
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How High Wealth Investors Can Benefit from Unit Investment Trusts
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What Happens if You Lose the Original Copy of your Will?
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Cannabis Assets and Estate Planning
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Create a Plan for your Digital Assets
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An Estate Planner’s Guide to “Cultural Property” Rights
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Is a Financial Power of Attorney Right for You?
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Planning an Effective Trust Diversification Strategy
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FIRRMA Expands CFIUS Oversight of Foreign Investor ATS Declarations
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Options for End of Life Directives in New York
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Protecting Your Inheritance from RICO Violations
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How Can I Remove the Executor of an Estate?
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Ways to Avoid Probating a Will
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The New Rules to International Estate Planning
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What are My Inheritance Rights as a Spouse in New York?
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Foreign Pension Plan Contribution and Taxation
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Do Small Estates Need to go through Probate in New York?
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Financial Capacity the Key to Avoiding Probate Controversy
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FAPT vs. DAPT: The Comparative Advantages of Trust Asset Protections
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Laws for Appointing Executors in New York
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Estate Enrichment from Wrongful Death Compensation
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Military Pension Apportionment and Divorce
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CMS Expands Grace Period for Medicare Late Enrollments
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How Significant is the Initial Hearing of a Contested Will?
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Recent Changes to Internal Revenue Service AFRs for Gifts and Estates
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New Jersey Congressman Introduces Proposal for Medicare Long Term Care Insurance Benefit
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Avoiding Probate in New York
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The Tax-exempt Benefits of Spousal Rollover IRAs
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Anthony Bourdain Leaves Bulk of Estate to Daughter but Wife Could Contest
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New York Tax Law Rules of Domiciliary
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Research Shows Link Between Anxiety in Middle Age and Dementia Later in Life
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The Trust as Fund Investor
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Inheritance Rights of Children with Unmarried Parents
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How Will the New Tax Bill Impact Older Americans?
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The Estate Planning Guide for Special Needs Trust Formation
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Maximizing the Value of an Estate or Trust with Shareholder Transfers
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Analysis Suggests Medicare Prices Could Skyrocket 200 Percent for Some Retirees
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High-Wealth Beneficiaries Seek Protection from Taxation with Disclaimer Exemption
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“Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” Affects Estate Planning Tax Rules
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Derivative Action Lawsuits: Protecting the Interests of a Family-Owned Corporation
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Estate Planners Advise Dynasty Trust Transfers Post-Tax Reform
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Should I Include Art and Collectible Assets in My Estate Plan?
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Seniors Paying More for Generic Drugs Despite Steady Prices
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How Blockchain Technology Is Influencing the Estate Planning Process
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When a Claim of Lien is Filed Against an Estate
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Federal Regulators Issue Warning on Antipsychotic Drug Used in Nursing Homes
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New York Rules to the Private Foundation as “Trust”
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Should You Have an Estate Plan for Your Social Media Account?
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The Intellectual Property Rights of Estates
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How Spousal Rollover IRAs Allow Estate Holder to Reduce Required Minimum Distribution from a Defined Contribution Plan
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“Unified Credit” Exemption Rules for Estate, Gift, and Formula Bequest Transfers
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New York End-of-Life Agency Allows Refusal of Food and Water Directive
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HHS Secretary Asks Former CVS Executive to Help Agency Lower Drug Prices
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CMS Issues New ID Cards, Announces Increased Payments to Private Plans
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Intellectual Property and Estate Planning
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Connecticut Man’s Challenge to Still Living Father’s Estate Fails
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What are the Legal Rules to Estate Investment Robo-advisory Services?
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The Law of Incapacitated Parties and Probate
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Doctrine of Revocation: Estate planning and the Rules to Spousal Inheritance Post-divorce in New York
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New Medicaid work requirements could cause family caregivers to lose their coverage
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How ERISA Rules Protect your Estate from Attachment
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Healthcare Industry Warning Against Proposed Short Term Plans
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Estate Bitcoin Assets Taxable End to “Like Kind Exchange”
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What Happens When a Wrongful Death or Survival Action is Filed on Behalf of a Decedent’s Estate?
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May is Older Americans Month
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How the Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act Affects Spousal Maintenance
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Estate Planning to Protect Partnership Assets from Taxation
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State Regulators Take Over Dozens of Nursing Home Facilities Owned by New Jersey Company
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“No Will” Probate Intestate Succession in New York
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Consequences of Decedent Debt in a Probate Matter
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New York Assembly Holds Hearings on Medical Aid in Dying
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Changes to National Labor Laws May Change Home Health Care for Those Who Need it the Most
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Immigration Policy Could Affect Home Healthcare Market Providers
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Government Accountability Office Report Says Evaluations on CMS Experiments are Incomplete
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Assisted Living Facilities in Many States Have Little Federal Oversight Despite CMS Funding
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Department of Justice Announces Charges in $500 Million Elder Fraud Schemes
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Checklist for Reviewing Your Estate Plan
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Turning Down an Inheritance
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Your Estate Plan and Retiring Abroad
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The Role of a Trust Protector
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Planning for Incapacity
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How the New Tax Laws Could Help your Estate Planning Goals
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Talking to Your Spouse About Estate Planning
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Potential Changes for Retirees Could Mean Changes for Your Estate Plan
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Mortality Rates Down for Older Americans
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Late-In-Life Divorce Challenges and Your Estate Plan
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Where Do I File for Probate?
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Life Insurance and the Estate Tax
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Preventing Disagreements from Unraveling Your Estate Plan
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How Do I Obtain a Death Certificate in New York?
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Warning Signs of Disagreements Over Your Estate Plan
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The Importance of Business Succession Plans
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Addressing College Costs in Your Estate Plan
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Choosing an Estate Planning Attorney
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Royalties and Estate Planning
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The Basics of Selling Inheriting Real Estate
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Understanding the Inheritance Tax
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Divorce and Planning Ahead
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Understanding ABLE Accounts
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How to Future of Elder Care Could Take its Toll on Millenials
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Does New York Offer Paid Family Leave?
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College Savings Plans and Estate Planning
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Loans to Family Members Can Affect Your Estate
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The Role of a Second-to-Die Life Insurance Policy
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Health Officials Say 2018 Flu Season Could be Among the Worst in Years
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The Importance of Domicile on Estate Planning: Avoiding Double Taxation
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Financial Risks to Your Estate
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Estate Planning Is for Everyone
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Estate Planning and Funeral Arrangements
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Debt and Estate Planning
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Federal officials study how to cut drug prices for Medicare patients
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Exploring Medicaid Trusts
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AARP filing lawsuits to stop illegal nursing home evictions
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CBO: GOP tax bill would strip $25 billion from Medicare funding
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Trusts as Retirement Account Beneficiaries
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Medicare Part B premiums to increase 23 percent for many seniors
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Estate Planning and Addiction
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Basic Steps in Creating a Trust: Part Two
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Basic Steps in Creating a Trust: Part One
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Asset Transfers from Trusts Abroad
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Understanding Survivor Benefits
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UCLA study suggests Alzheimer’s cases could double by 2060
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Do All Trusts Avoid Probate?
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Insurer revenue from Medicare and Medicaid more than doubles in less than a decade
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The Impact of Tax Cuts on Estate Planning
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Federal court rules medical malpractice victim must repay Medicare bills
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Financial Mistakes Made Now Could Significantly Impact Your Estate Plan
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Charitable Giving and Estate Planning
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Half of retirees and older Americans will need long term care
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Accessing Safe Deposit Boxes
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Drugmaker Under Investigation for Going Off-label with Anti-psychotic Drug
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Kinship Law in New York
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Increased Medicare B Costs May Consume More of Social Security Adjustments
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Estate Planning for Young Families
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Registering your Will with a Probate Court in New York
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The Importance of Digital Assets in Estate Plans
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Preserving Income with Medicaid Pooled Trusts
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Common Myths About Estate Planning
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Joint Ownership in New York
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Three Estate Planning Tips for Blended Families
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Understanding Holographic Wills
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Advice on Discussing Estate Plans With Adult Children
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Missteps with Retirement Withdrawals May Significantly Impact Your Estate Plan
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Important Steps in the End of Life Planning Process
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Unique Estate Planning Concerns for Women
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Understanding Required Minimum Distributions
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Signs of Guardianship Abuse
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Rising Healthcare Costs Could Impact Your Estate Plan
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Reminder: Planning for Your Digital Assets
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Wealth Advisors and Estate Planning
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Important Reminders When Planning for Your Pets
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Creating a Financial Power of Attorney in New York
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Tips for Sharing Your Estate Plan with Family
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What Types of Cases to New York Surrogate’s Courts Handle?
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Tips on Talking to Parents About Inheritances
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Roth IRAs and Your Heirs’ Taxes
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Inter Vivos Trusts – The Benefits of Creating a Living Trust
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Estate Planning Concerns for Same-Sex Couples
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Preventing Undue Influence in a Will
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Adding a “Life Estate” to Your Estate Plan
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Estate Planning and Prenuptial Agreements
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Potential Issues with Joint Bank Accounts
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Estate Planning and Identity Theft
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Benefits of an Irrevocable Trust
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Creating Savings Accounts for Disabled Family Members
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Recognizing a Fraudulent Will: Part Two
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New York’s Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) Form
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Recognizing a Fraudulent Will: Part One
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Trusts Are More Accessible Than You Might Think
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What are Advance Directives for Healthcare?
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Important Steps to Take After a Loss: Part 2 – Within Six Months
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Important Steps to Take After a Loss: Part 1 – Immediately
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How Much Does an Estate to Go Through Probate?
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529 College Savings Plans and Estate Planning
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What is a Qualified Personal Residence Trust?
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Estate Planning for Your Pets
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Do Not Forget Yourself in Your Estate Plan
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Using Portability to Get the Most Out of your Estate Tax Exemptions
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Medicaid and Estate Planning
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Know the Law: What is a Durable Power of Attorney?
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Creating a Succession Plan for Your Business
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Tips for Choosing the Right Executor or Trustee
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Treasury Department Announces End to myRA Retirement Savings Accounts
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Micro-Living and Your Estate Plan
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Limitations of Life Insurance
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What is Considered a Small Estate in New York Probate Court?
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Basics of International Wills
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The Basics – Understanding Dynasty Trusts
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How are Taxes Calculated for Inherited Property?
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Estate Planning and Foreign Assets
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What are the Marital Inheritance Laws in New York?
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What are the Rules for Appointing an Executor in New York?
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The Importance of Flexibility in Estate Planning
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Ways to Spend Down Assets for Medicaid
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New York Voluntary Administration
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Planning Ahead with your Estate to Avoid Medicaid Estate Recovery
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Is your Home Prepared for your Golden Years?
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What Can I Do if I Have Been Denied Medicaid?
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Improving the Impact of Wealth Transfers
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What are the Time Deadlines to Contest a Will in New York?
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Conditional Bequests and Devisements
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Can the Executor of an Estate be Removed?
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Are Trusts Useful Without the Estate Tax?
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Estate Plans for Unmarried Couples
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Settling Trust Debts Before Distributing Assets
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Estate Planning for Incapacity
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What you Need to Know About New York Estate Taxes
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Avoiding Claims of Undue Influence
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What Benefits Can Elders Qualify for in New York?
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Estate Planning and Retiring Abroad
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What are My Options for Passing on My Home to My Children?
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Tips for Planning End-of-Life Care
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Estate Planning When You Do Not Have Children
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Choosing the Right Beneficiaries
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June is Elder Abuse Awareness Month
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Empowering Your Power of Attorney
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Elder Law Estate Planning in New York – What is Intestate Succession?
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IRA Trusts as a Protective Measure
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Non-Spouse IRA Inheritance
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What are the Tax Rules of Gifts to Grandchildren?
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Anticipating Tax Reform with Your Estate Planning Strategies
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Elder Law Estate Planning – Choosing the Right Trust for your Estate
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The Difference Between a Trust and Payable on Death
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Estate Planning and Online Accounts
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Erie County Department of Senior Services announces Elder Law Day 2017
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Biggest Mistakes in Estate Planning: Part III
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Biggest Mistakes in Estate Planning: Part II
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Do Not Forget to Apply for SSI Death Benefits if You are a Surviving Spouse or Child
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Biggest Mistakes in Estate Planning: Part I
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Elders Caring for Spouses with Alzheimer’s Must Plan for Their Future
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What is the Dead Man’s Statute?
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Owning Property Outside of a Trust Can Be Dangerous
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Preserving Real Estate Assets for Your Heirs
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Does a Crummey Trust Have a Place in Your Estate Plan?
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Which Court Handles Probate Cases in New York?
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Tips When Considering Estate Planning
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Remarrying as a Senior? Here are a Few Things to Consider
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Tips for Avoiding a Will Contest
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Removing a Trustee in New York
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The Fine Print in Nursing Home Contracts
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Roth IRAs and Estate Planning
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Estate Planning and Buy-Sell Agreements for Your Business
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When Turning Down an Inheritance Might be a Good Idea
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Tips for Selecting a Guardian for Minor Children
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What are the Rules for Medicaid Asset Transfer in New York?
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Estate Planning and Private Annuities
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Erie County Launches New Task Force to Combat Senior Exploitation
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Changes to the Estate Tax Lien Process
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Understanding Donor Advised Funds
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Avoiding Probate when Passing on an Estate
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Long-Term Care Insurance and Estate Planning
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Estate Planning and Debt
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Fives Ways to Protect Your Estate Plan
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Don’t Discount Social Security in Estate Planning
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What are my Guardianship Options for my Parents?
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Estate Tax Portability Elections and Extensions
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Beneficiary Forms and Estate Planning
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Rights to Life Insurance Policies and Retirement Accounts
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Millennials and Estate Planning
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Property and How to Plan For It With Your Estate Attorney
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Business Ownership and Estate Planning: Recapitalization
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Creating a New York Health Care Proxy
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Dental Care and Old Age
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Meals on Wheels Funding Gets Threatened
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Estate Planning Reminder – Planning for Pets
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The Future of Medicaid
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GRATs and GRUTs
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Protecting Your Assets from Creditors
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Family Members Acting as Paid Caregivers
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Navigating Special Needs Trusts
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Different Ways to Title Property in Estate Planning
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Estate Planning and Intellectual Property
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Donating Real Estate to Charity
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Understanding the Law – Relocating a Trust
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Different Ways to Title Property in Estate Planning
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Thinking Ahead: Taking Estate Planning Seriously
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Overzealous Powers of Attorney and How to Handle Them
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What Happens to Your IRA When You Pass Away?
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Understanding Elder Law Estate Planning – Trusts and Tax Reporting
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Tips to Minimize Fighting Over Your Estate Plan
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The Role of Trusts for Foreign Parents of U.S. Children
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The Basics – Guardianship and the Elderly
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When Equal Estate Distribution Isn’t Necessarily Fair
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Early Onset Dementia and the Importance of Estate Planning
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Digital Property and Estate Planning
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New York Elder Law Estate Planning: Unitrusts
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Differences Between a Living Will and Healthcare Proxy
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New York Elder Care – Pain Treatment for the Elderly
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Common Ways to Transfer Property After Death
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The Role of the Executor
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Fixing a Broken Trust
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Are Illegitimate Children Considered Beneficiaries?
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Including Asset Protection Clauses in Your Estate Plan
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The Basics of a Revocable Trust
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Elderly Abandonment: An Issue Around the World
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Follow-up Care for Your Estate Plan
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Back to the Basics – New York Intestate Succession
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Important Estate Planning Considerations for Business Owners
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Budget Cuts in Boston
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Are You Subject to the Estate and/or Gift Tax?
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The Basics – Nursing Home Abuse: Signs and How to Stop It
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Life Estates and the Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax
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Medicare Changes Under New Administration
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Important Reasons to Revise Your Estate Plan
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Changes in Retirement Could Mean Changes to Your Estate Plan
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Death Tolls Rise in Winter Months
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Social Security and Your Estate
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Medical Devices and Infection
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Protecting Yourself from Elder Financial Abuse
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Death with Dignity Act Gains More Approval
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Back to the Basics – Pet Trusts
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Estate Planning 101 – What Is the Difference Between a Trust and a Will?
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Three Common Dangers of Do-It-Yourself Wills
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Common Reasons to Contest a Will
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Long Term Planning – Can Pets Be Beneficiaries?
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Back to the Basics – Probate and Non-Probate Assets
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Injuries from Hot Water Scalding Led to Patient’s Death
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Common Reasons to Contest a Will
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Exploring Legacy Planning
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Social Security Earnings Test & Increases in 2017
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Medicaid & New Healthcare Plans
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Trusts: Your Right of Withdrawal
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The Federal Reserve Raises Rates – What It Will Affect?
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Company Claims to Sell Social Security Numbers
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Can Elderly Parents Be Claimed as Dependents?
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Back to the Basics – Understanding Contested Estates
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Sumner Redstone Sues Claiming Elder Abuse
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The Charitable Estate: Charitable Remainder Trusts
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Estate Battles and Royalties
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The Charitable Estate: Lifetime Giving
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What is a Blind Trust and Why Do They Matter?
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The Charitable Estate: Qualified Funds While During Your Lifetime
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Tax Identification Numbers For Trusts
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Dementia on the Decline and How it Impacts Elder Care
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Here Comes the Estate Plan – Estate Planning For Newlyweds
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Executors, Trustees and Powers of Attorney: Blessing or Curse?
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Back to the Basics – The Gift Tax
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The Pros and Cons of Adding Your Adult Child to Your Bank Account
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The Impact of Long Term Care, Caregivers and Your Aging Parent’s Estate
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Fiduciary Duties & The New Rule for Financial Advisors
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Estate Planning and Longevity
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The Importance of a Will: The Differences in the Estates of David Bowie and Prince
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Choosing the Right Estate Planning Attorney for You
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The Importance of Vetting Your Elder Law Attorney or Trustee
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Making Your Estate Plan Your Own
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Inheriting Partial Ownership
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Inheriting IRAs: A Legacy Full of Potential Pitfalls
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What’s In a Name: Choosing a Name for Your Trust
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Back to Basics: Estate Planning Vocabulary
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How to Properly Choose a Caregiver For your Loved One
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Female Focused Estate Planning: Long-Term Care
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Trust Settlement & Disbursement after Beneficiary Death
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Estate Planning for the Single & Childless
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Estate Planning & Financially Dependent Adult Children
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The Role of a Trustee and Their Discretionary Power
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Female Focused Estate Planning: Distributing Assets
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Female Focused Estate Planning: Parental Plans
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Financial Elder Abuse: Warning Signs and How to Stop It
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Back to Basics: How to Include Health Care in Your Estate Plan
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Back To Basics: Steps To Take Following The Death Of A Loved One
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Types of Special Needs Trusts
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The Insolvent New York Estate
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Special/Supplemental Needs Trust
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What Assets Go Through Probate In New York?
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Why Spendthrift Trusts Can be Important to Your Inheritance Plan
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IRS Allows Trust Modification Without Forfeiting Exemption
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Arbitration and Nursing Home Contracts
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The Danger of Unrestricted Bequests and Gifts
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IRS Rules Now Reflect Updated Same Sex Marriage Rulings
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Estate Planning Measures for Unmarried Couples
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What You Need To Know About Multinational Estate Planning
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How to Disclaim Inheritance
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Estate Planning – Learning From Gene Wilder
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The Emergency Preparedness Rule
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Back to Basics: Your First Estate Planning Meeting
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End of Life Counseling and Medicare
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Future Federal Estate Tax May Look Different Depending On Our Next President
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What is a Discretionary Trust and When Should I Use it?
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Ademption: A Stumbling Block To Your Estate Plan
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What is a Delaware Directed Trust?
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Back To Basics: Preventing Will Contests
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Back to the Basics – The Notice Act
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Keeping Your Life and Assets Private
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Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts
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Qualifying Your Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust
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Understanding Testamentary Capacity Under New York Law
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Diversification in Your Portfolio
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Estate Planning Under 40: Why You Need It
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Understanding the Law – Real Estate Investment Trusts
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Protecting Assets From Previous Marriages And Yourself
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Private Equity and PACE
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Life Insurance and Business Succession Planning
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The Law – Charitable Trusts
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No One’s Favorite Inheritance
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New York Medicaid Law – Pooled Trusts
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IRS Proposal To Overturn Common Asset Valuation Planning Met With Fierce Resistance
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Back To Basics: Witnesses and Your Will
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The Housing Issue and The Elderly
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Springing and Durable Powers of Attorney
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Common Estate Planning Mistakes
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The Rapidly Disappearing Inheritance
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The Power To Establish A New Domicile
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Divorce: It’s Influence on Your Estate Planning
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Estate Plan or Wealth Transfer Plan?
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Highs or Lows: Which is Best When Valuing Art and Collectibles?
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Determining Incapacity in New York
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Technology Aiding the Aging Population
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Planning For Your Fluffiest Assets
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MOLST Forms Gaining Attention
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Back to the Basics – Do Not Resuscitate Orders
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Back To Basics: Where To Keep Your Estate Plan
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Palliative Care: Know Your Rights To It
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Gifts to the Dead in New York: Are They Still Effective?
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What Happens if my Beneficiary Turns Down My Bequest?
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Validity of Living Wills in New York
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Disinheriting Your Spouse? Not So Under New York Law
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Understanding Joint Ownership with Rights of Survivorship
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Home Care Workers Secure Compensation Victory
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Revoking Your New York Will
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The Right to Die: New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act
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Back to Basics: Funeral Instructions as Part of Your Estate Plan
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Elder Law Concern – Capacity Issues
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Ensuring Your Special Needs Trust Stays a Special Needs Trust
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Back to the Basics – What is a Bequest?
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Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Contested Estate: Muhammad Ali’s Unhappy Heirs
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Back to Basics: Deciding Who Will Inherit from Your Estate
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Hollywood Tragedy: A Life Lost Unexpectedly
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Two Wills, Two Different Countries
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Keep It Close or Outsource It: New York Corporate Trustees
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Back to Basics: Discussing Death and Your Estate In New York
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What To Do When There are Multiple Wills Written: Which Takes Precedence?
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Family Feud Forever: Dr. King’s Family Squabbles Continue
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Elders Right to Live in the Community
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What’s In a Name? Publicity Rights of Deceased Celebrities
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Back to Basics: No Contest Clause in New York Wills
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New York’s Family Health Care Decisions Act
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Health Care Proxy: What is Their Role in my Health Care Decisionmaking?
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PROTECTING YOUR INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT FROM CREDITORS
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PROPOSALS TO LIMIT THE GENERATION SKIPPING TRANSFER TAX EXEMPTION
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BACK TO THE BASICS – HOW TO BE AN EXECUTOR
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WHAT DOCUMENTS TO KEEP AND WHAT TO SHRED
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HOW TO HELP YOUR EXECUTOR
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DYNASTY TRUST REEXAMINED
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BACK TO THE BASICS – MEDICAID PENALTY PERIOD
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NON-PROFIT REPRESENTATIVE PAYEES FOR DISABLED
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ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION RELEASES 2O16 REPORT
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AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION – SAFE BANKING FOR SENIORS
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DIGITAL ACCOUNTS AND PLANNING
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SPECIAL NEEDS TRUSTS AND GOVERNMENTAL BENEFITS
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ANOTHER CELEBRITY PASSES WITHOUT A WILL
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MEDICAID TRANSFER AFTER ADMISSION TO A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
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NEW YORK’S INTESTACY LAWS
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NEW IRS FORM TO REPORT BASIS
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DISABLED MILITARY CHILD PROTECTION ACT HELPS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS PLANNING
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CREDITORS OF AN ESTATE
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DEPENDENT CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
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ESTATE PLANNING FOR THE NEVER MARRIED
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SELF CANCELLING INSTALLMENT NOTE
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MORE ON ESTATE PLANNING FOR THE FARMER
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WILL DOES NOT REVOKE PREVIOUS TRANSFER OF PROPERTY TO TRUST
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WHAT IS TESTAMENTARY CAPACITY
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ELDER PROTECTION AND ABUSE PREVENTION ACT
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SPLIT ANNUITY FOR ESTATE PLANNING
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INTERSTATE ADULT GUARDIANSHIPS
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JOINT SPOUSAL TRUST
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HOW DOES THE DEATH OF A SPOUSE AFFECT MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY
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ESTATE PLANNING FOR NEW YORK’S ESTATE TAX
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HOW TO ASSURE AN ESTATE BATTLE
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UNDUE INFLUENCE IN PROBATE
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MEDICARE’S OBSERVATIONAL STATUS
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WHAT IS A CRUMMEY TRUST
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SOCIAL SECURITY SURVIVOR BENEFITS
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GENERATION SKIPPING TRANSFER TAX
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TAXATION OF TRUSTS
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HOME CARE SERVICES IN NEW YORK STATE
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THE CLAT – STRANGE NAME, GREAT PLAN
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MEDICARE AND HOSPICE CARE
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UNDERSTANDING THE SUPERFUND A 529 ACCOUNT
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PARENTAL VISITATION LAWS – RIGHT TO VISIT PARENT OF ADULT CHILDREN
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ESTATE PLANNING FOR THE ARTIST
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MONEY IN IRA MAY BE LEFT DIRECTLY TO HEIRS OR TO TRUSTS
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NURSING HOME EVICTIONS
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ABC TRUST PLANNING – WILL IT BE A BURDEN?
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MAJOR NURSING HOME CASE TESTING MANDATORY ARBITRATION CLAUSE
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IRS ART ADVISORY PANEL
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ESTATE PLANNING FOR FAMILY OWNED FARMS
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LONG TERM CARE THROUGH LIFE INSURANCE POLICY
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TRUST MODIFICATION IN NEW YORK
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TOOLKIT TO HELP PREVENT SENIORS FROM FALLING
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WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT AS PART OF PROBATE ESTATE
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OPERATION COCOON: FEDERAL EFFORT TO CURB UNWITTING SENIORS FROM ACTING AS DRUG MULES
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WHAT HAPPENS IF MY HEIRS OR BENEFICIARIES PASS AWAY AT THE SAME TIME AS ME?
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WHAT HAPPENS IN MY HEIR PASSES AWAY BEFORE ME?
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PERSONAL INJURY AND MEDICAID: WHY WOULD STATE GET INVOLVED IN PERSONAL INJURY SETTLEMENT?
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INHERITANCE RIGHTS OF ADOPTIVE CHILDREN
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PRE-PAID FUNERAL S IN NEW YORK
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THE GRAT – GRANTOR RETAINED ANNUITY TRUST – NOT JUST A TOOL FOR THE UBER WEALTHY
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ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES VOLUNTARY DRAFT GUIDELINES
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GENERATION SKIPPING TRANSFER TAX
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UNDERSTANDING HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
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NOT JUST ANOTHER CELEBRITY ESTATE
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GERIATRIC CARE MANAGER
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INHERITING A ROTH IRA ACCOUNT
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SPECIAL NEEDS, THIRD PARTY AND SELF SETTLED TRUSTS – WHATS WITH ALL THE NAMES?
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PLANNING FOR YOUR SPECIAL NEEDS LOVED ONES
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BACK TO THE BASICS – INHERITING AN IRA
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HOW TO WRAP UP THE AFFAIRS OF A SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST?
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UNDERSTANDING CELEBRITY BONDS
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ADULT GUARDIANSHIPS, RESTORING RIGHTS
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FEDERAL COURT EXCEPTION TO PROBATE JURISDICTION
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FEDERAL TAX EXEMPTION FOR ELDERLY DEPENDENTS
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ARBITRATION CLAUSES IN WILL OR TRUST
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PLANNING FOR MARRIED MEDICAID APPLICANT’S COMMUNITY SPOUSE – COMMUNITY SPOUSE INCOME
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION PENSIONS – AID AND ATTENDANCE PENSION
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FILE AND SUSPEND STRATEGY IS NO MORE – NEED TO REASSESS PLANS
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BACK TO BASICS: WRAP AROUND PLAN FOR ALL CONTINGENCIES – ADVANCED MEDICAL DIRECTIVES
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MORE ON ELDER ABUSE – FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RESPONSE
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ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES IN NEW YORK – GOAL TO PROTECT VULNERABLE SENIORS
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INTENTIONALLY DEFECTIVE GRANTOR TRUSTS ARE ANYTHING BUT BUSTED OBJECTIVES OF THE TRUST
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BANKRUPTCY AND MEDICARE – A FRAUDULENT TRANSFER IS A FRAUDULENT TRANSFER
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DISINHERITED HEIRS NOT ALWAYS A SURPRISE
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ABLE ACCOUNT LAW CHANGES BROADENING PROTECTIONS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS PLANNING
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PRETERMITTED OR OMITTED CHILDREN NOT ADDRESSED IN A WILL
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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ABLE ACT ACCOUNTS AND SPECIAL NEEDS TRUSTS
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LET GO OF MY INHERITANCE – INTERFERENCE WITH AN EXPECTANCY
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CHARITABLE ROLLOVER OF RETIREMENT ACCOUNT DISTRIBUTION NON-TAXABLE DISTRIBUTION FROM IRA
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HOW LONG CAN IRS COME AFTER ME? THE SUMNER REDSTONE CASE
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PROBATE OF VACATION HOMES AND PROPERTY OUTSIDE STATE
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LONGEVITY INSURANCE – DEFERRED INCOME ANNUITY
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HOW REVOCABLE IS MY IRREVOCABLE TRUST
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PROTECTING YOUR FUTURE VIA POOLED TRUST ASSET ALLOCATION
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ESTATE PROPERTY INCLUDES TAX RETURNS DUE
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MORE ON SHORT TERM ANNUITIES AND MEDICAID PLANNING
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INVALIDATING A WILL
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BACK TO THE BASICS – SPECIAL NEEDS TRUSTS
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NURSING HOME RESIDENTS’ BILL OF RIGHTS
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INHERITING A LEASE
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CAMERAS IN THE NURSING HOME
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ANTICIPATED CHANGES IN IRS RULES REGARDING FAMILY BUSINESS VALUATIONS
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BANKRUPTCY IN THE AGE OF RETIREMENT
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INHERITANCE RIGHTS OF POSTHUMOUSLY CONCEIVED CHILDREN
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FINANCING LONG TERM CARE SERVICES AND SUPPORTS
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ESTATE TAX CARRYOVER FOR SURVIVING SPOUSE
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QUALIFIED TERMINABLE INTEREST PROPERTY TRUST
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ADVANCES ON PENSIONS: IS IT PREDATORY LENDING?
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DISCRETIONARY TRUSTS
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FAIR HOUSING ACT IN SENIOR HOUSING
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ASSUMPTION OF POTENTIAL TAX LIABILITY MAY AFFECT ESTATE PLANNING
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PROTECTING SENIORS – UNDERSTANDING ELDER ABUSE
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FILIAL SUPPORT LAWS
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WHEN YOUR ATTORNEY IS A POTENTIAL WITNESS IN SURROGATE COURT
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FINE ART, ANTIQUES AND OTHER COLLECTIBLES IN ESTATE PLANNING
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PLANNING FOR YOUR PETS IN YOUR ESTATE
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WHAT IS LOST AFTER DIAGNOSIS OF DEMENTIA
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LACKING IN MENTAL CAPACITY AND FAMILY, WHO DECIDES
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LONG TERM COMMUNITY CARE REPORT CARD
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WHAT OF MY ESTATE PLANNING IF MOVE TO ANOTHER JURISDICTION?
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CAN AN HEIR BORROW AGAINST INHERITANCE?
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DONATE MY BODY TO SCIENCE
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN ESTATE PLANNING
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Back to the Basics – Probate Administration
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Power of Attorney Should Complement Your Will
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Back to the Basics – Wills and the Blended Family
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Health Care Power of Attorney Good Planning Tool for Seniors & Singles
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Using Beneficiaries as Part of Your Estate Plan – Part II: Considerations
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Using Beneficiaries as Part of Your Estate Plan – Part I: Overview
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Early Withdrawals from Qualified Retirement Plans
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Federal Court Confirms Use of Annuities in Medicaid Planning
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Basics of Special Needs Trusts
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Distributions from Special Needs Trusts
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Who will Manage Your Affairs in the Event You are Incapacitated?
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Planning for the New York Estate Tax
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Back to the Basics – Demystifying Probate
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Establishing a Charitable Trust as Part of Your Estate Plan
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Issues to Consider When Giving an Early Inheritance
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Dealing with Personal Property in Your Estate Plan
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Tax Planning for Required Minimum Distributions
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Making College Savings a Part of Your Estate Plan
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Back to the Basics – Avoiding Disputes Over Your Estate
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Nursing Home Contracts: Before You Sign On the Dotted Line
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Dealing With Lost Wills
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Prepaid Burial Expenses: An Often Overlooked Part of Medicaid Planning
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Is a Spendthrift Trust for Me?
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New York Nursing Homes Beware – Medicaid Fraud Under Fire
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Court Says Breach of Contract to Create Will is a Statutory Probate Claim
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Preserving Your Virtual Legacy: Part 1 (Social Media)
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The Happiest and Healthiest Careers to Retire From – Part 1
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3 Reasons Why Your Attorney Absolutely Loves Legal Zoom
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Grisham’s Recent Sycamore Row Highlights Complications When Leaving Estate to a Caregiver
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Aging Gay: LGBT Estate Planning Post-DOMA
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Probate is Not a Dirty Word
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Greenhouses: A Growing Trend in Long-term Care
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Estate Planning for Multi-Generational Households
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Is a Pet Trust Right for You?
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Splitting Responsibilities Under Powers of Attorney: Typically Not Wise
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Divorce vs. Disinherit: Beware the Elective Share
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Mississippi Court Decides Application of Slayer Statute to Mentally Disabled Person for First Time
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Duke of Earl Involved in Long Probate Battle Over Alleged Fraud and Undue Influence
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State Supreme Court finds Conflict of Interest Where Personal Representative Used Estate Property to Operate Decedent’s LLC After Death
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Why Consider a Special Needs Trust?
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Joint Accounts are no Substitute for Quality Estate Planning – Part 2
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Joint Accounts are no Substitute for Quality Estate Planning – Part 1
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Techniques for Coping with Caregiver Stress – Part 1
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How NOT to Avoid Estate Taxes: The Scholarship that wasn’t a Scholarship
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FINRA Issues New Alert for Estate Planning
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New LGBT Training for Elder Care Service Providers
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Estate Planning for Singles
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Causes of B.B. King Estate Battle
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Generation X in No Hurry to Retire
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How to Manage Your Parents’ Finances
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Court Rules on Whether to Revoke Will
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Thinking about Retiring Abroad
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Casey Kasem’s Daughter Fights for Guardianship Laws
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Red Tape in Medicaid Applications
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Fiduciaries Cannot Transfer Real Property to Self
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Florida Rejects Medicaid Expansion
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Court Approves Easy Probate Avoidance
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Back to the Basics – Moving after Retirement
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CVS Investing Big in Elder Care
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Annuity Alternative for Estate Planning
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Annual Report Ranks States’ Quality of Elder Care
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Court Rules on Statutory Shares of an Estate
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Six Things on a Caregiver’s To-Do List
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Court Decides on Probating a Copy of a Will
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Altering the Irrevocable Trust
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Home Property Transfers to Children
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Home-Based Care Plan Improves Dementia Care
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Fixing a Faulty Estate Plan
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Power of Attorney Capabilities
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Trust Beneficiary Case Reversed
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Apple Wants More Japanese Seniors Using iPads
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Slayer Statutes and Inheritance
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Virtual Representation of Minors and Beneficiaries
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Estate Planning Mistakes of Farmers and Ranchers
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Federal Government Looks to Restrict GRATs
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Long-Term Estate Planning Requires Flexibility
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Elderly Citizens Force Cities to Reevaluate Structure
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Estate Tax Planning Avoids Liquidation of Estate
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Nursing Homes Can File for Guardianship to Collect Debts
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Estate Planning Basics – Planning for Incapacity
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Deciding if Family Should Run the Family Business
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Estate Planning: Who Gets the Vacation Home?
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Financial Skills Often Slip With Cognition
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Who Owns the Art?
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Online Tools to Help the Executor of an Estate
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Being Fair in Estate Planning is Not Always Equal
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Common Misconceptions about Elder Law Planning
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Checklist for Estate Planning Documents
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Family Caregivers in Need of Serious Help
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Coming Trends in Long-Term Care Insurance
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Insurance Companies Receive Medicare Revenue Boost
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Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples
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Japan Seeing Prisons Turn into Nursing Homes
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Facebook Legacy and Other Digital Estate Planning
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Back to the Basics – Estate Planning Mistakes to Avoid
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Florida’s Gray Belt Giving a Glimpse of America’s Future
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New York DFS Issues Guidelines about Elder Financial Exploitation
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Department of Veterans Affairs Proposes New Pension Rules
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Estate Planning Tips for Newlyweds
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Estate Planning Tips for U.S. Expatriates
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Trouble with Advance Directives
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Woman Admits to Digging Up Father’s Grave Searching for “Real Will”
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Legal Plans for Seniors with Alzheimer’s
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Court Rules Payable-on-Death Accounts Not Part of Estate
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Estate Planning Tips Before and After a Loved One’s Death, Pt. 2
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Surgery Standard Scrutinized for Elderly Patients
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Estate Planning Tips Before and After a Loved One’s Death, Pt. 1
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Issues to Consider with IRAs
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Medical Identity Theft Increases as More Health Data Goes Digital
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How to Reduce Taxes and Pass On Values
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Long-Term Care Insurance Sees Increases in Price
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Court Rules on Inter Vivos Gift
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Americans Feeling Better About Retirement Crisis
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Mentally Ill Man Kills Mother and Still Wants Inheritance
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When Heirs Fight Over Sentimental Assets
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Court Rules on Proper Interpretation of Will
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Money Moves to Help You Leave a Legacy
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Managing Health Care Costs with Crowdfunding
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Court Applies Disentitlement Doctrine in Estate Lawsuit
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Chinese Elite Fighting for Palliative Care
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Social Media Estate Planning: Adding a Facebook Legacy Contact
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Government to Change How It Rates Nursing Homes
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Tax Issues to Consider When Closing an Estate
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Elderly Man Charged with Killing Nursing Home Roommate Dies
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Ernie Banks’ Caregiver Claims to be Sole Heir
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Choosing an End Game for Dementia
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A New Way to Approach Long-Term Care Insurance
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Attorney Claims Judges were Bribed in Estate Case
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Looking Back at the IRA on Its 40th Birthday
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How the Elderly Can Stay Independent Longer
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The Right Tools for Retirement
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Nursing Homes Filing for Guardianship to Collect Debts
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Who Should Run the Family Trust?
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Benefits and Programs for Elderly New Yorkers, Pt. 2
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How to Avoid Blended Family Issues in Estate Planning
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Estate Planning with Legacy Properties
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Benefits and Programs for Elderly New Yorkers, Pt. 1
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A Creative Estate Planning Use for Unneeded Life Insurance
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Millions of UK Wills Available to Search Online
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Deciding if Long-Term Care Insurance is Right for You
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Trustee Found Liable for Arbitration Costs
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A Growing Trend in Senior Housing: In-Law Apartments
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Dealing with a Major Problem in Elder Hunger: Dental Needs
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Court Finds Estate Has Standing to Sue in Workers’ Compensation Lawsuit
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Saving an Estate Charitable Deduction through Qualified Reformation
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Downsizing as Seniors, One Step at a Time
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When to Get Power of Attorney for a Parent
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Biggest Estate Planning Celebrity Lessons from 2014, Pt. 2
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Green House Homes for the Elderly
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Five Retirement Changes for 2015
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Are Wealthy Families More Cautious Leaving Money to Kids?
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Estate Disputes Continue in Estate of James Brown
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Cohousing a Growing Trend for Elderly Living
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Americans Fail in Retirement Literacy
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Joan Rivers’ Estate Lesson: Choosing Place of Residence
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How Freezing Eggs Can Affect an Estate Plan
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MobileHelp Developing More Technology for Elder Care
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Biggest Estate Planning Celebrity Lessons from 2014, Pt. 1
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Getting the Most from Your High Asset Divorce
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Efforts to Decrease Levels of Elder Financial Abuse
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Tips for Discussing Estate Plans with Family
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Balancing the Trustee & Beneficiary Relationship
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Developing Efforts to Curb Elderly Addiction
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Focusing on the Caregiver: Seeing the Invisible Patient
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Financial and Estate Planning Moves to Make before Fifty
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Estate Planning for Childless Couples: Assigning Power of Attorney
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Bullying and Conflict in Nursing Homes
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LGBT Spouses Denied Social Security Survivors’ Benefits
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Five Reasons for Parents to Share Estate Plans
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How Naming Rights Can Go Wrong
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Avoid the Estate Planning Aggregator Scam
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Creating an Estate Plan for Your Treasures
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Bracing for an Increase in Falls with Our Elderly
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Back to Basics: Special Needs Trusts
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Long-Term Care Insurance Alternatives
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Acting Now to Lower Your 2014 Taxes
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LGBT Seniors Gaining More Resources for Elder Care
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Safeguarding Your Digital Assets
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Estate Planning Financial To-Do List
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Talking to Elderly Parents about Giving Up Financial Control
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The New Rules for Estate Planning
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Questions to Ask Before Hiring an In-Home Caregiver
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More Advocates Pushing for Stronger Standards of Elder Care
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What to Do When You Inherit Your Parent’s Home
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Utica Man Accused of Nursing Home Sexual Abuse
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The Importance of Knowing the Location of Estate Planning Documents
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Installing Video Surveillance in Nursing Home Rooms
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The Smartest Ways for Grandparents to Help Pay for College
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When Heirs Collide: Minimizing Fights over the Estate
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Considerations When Selling Your Business for Retirement
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Extendicare to Pay $38 Million in Medicare, Medicaid Settlement
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Medicare Tax: What You Need to Know
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Estate Planning Moves that You Should Make in Your Thirties
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How a Prenuptial Agreement Can Help in Estate Plans
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Estate Planning Benefits of Marriage
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Legislators Pushing to Widen Medicaid Program for Frail Seniors
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Big Estate Tax Win for Art Collector
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New Law Allows Owners to be Buried with Pets
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Addressing and Preventing Elder Abuse in LGBT Seniors Pt. 2
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Addressing and Preventing Elder Abuse in LGBT Seniors Pt. 1
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Estate Planning Errors to Avoid
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How Resilience Affects Seniors
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Should You Establish a Trust?
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Estate Planning Mistakes in Beneficiary Designations
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Do I Really Need a Will? Yes, You Do
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A Better Flu Shot for Seniors
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Joan Rivers: Big Funeral, Big Tax Break
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Medicare Ratings Allow Nursing Homes to Game the System
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Estate Planning for People Without Children
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The Hazards of Unequal Inheritance
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Couples Divorcing to Save on Long-Term Health Costs
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LGBT Estate Planning Questions a Year After DOMA
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How to Complain to Medicare
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Lessons Learned: The Anna Nicole Smith Battle Still Rages On
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Estate Planning Long-Term Mistakes To Avoid
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Estate Planning Assets: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
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Eroding Gains from Part D Medicare
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Lessons Learned: Robin Williams and His Estate
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Two Estate Planning Documents Every 18-Year Old Should Sign
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Three Important Estate Planning Questions to Ask Your Spouse
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Nursing Home Offering Care for Elderly Drug Addicts
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Getting Nurses Back in Nursing Homes
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Celebrity Legacies Teaching Lessons About Estate Planning
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When Elderly Parents Lose Their Independence
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Estate Planning Issues Involving Pets, Pt. 2
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Estate Planning Issues Involving Pets, Pt. 1
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Court Says Caregivers Cannot Sue Alzheimer’s Patients
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Integrating Business Succession Into Estate Planning
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Using a Trust Protector for Disputes
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Back to Basics: Explaining the Medicaid Look Back Period
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Court Ruled Donald Sterling Properly Removed as Trustee
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Overcoming the Taboo: Discussing Inheritance
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NJ Domestic Partners Lose Estate Benefits by Not Registering
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Considerations When Choosing a Nursing Home
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Lessons Learned From Sting and Philip Seymour Hoffman: Myths About Trusts
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The Pros and Cons of Dynasty Trusts
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The Surge of Charitable Remainder Trusts
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Elder Care Issue: Drug Abuse in Nursing Homes
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Updating Your Estate Plan: Excuses Why People Don’t & Reasons Why You Should
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Estate Planning Tips for Business Owners
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Dear Trustee: A Letter of Wishes
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More States Showing Support for Uniform Adult Guardianship Act
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New Estate Planning Option: Longevity Insurance
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Walking on the Wild Side: Lou Reed’s Estate Plan
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Elder Abuse Shelter Providers to Meet for Conference
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Trust Creation: Little Mistakes that Can Cost Big
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Lessons Learned from Casey Kasem’s Legacy
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Key Estate Planning Questions to Help Avoid Mistakes
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Back to Basics – 10 Essential Estate Planning Documents Pt. 2
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Back to Basics – 10 Essential Estate Planning Documents Pt. 1
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Inheriting Parental Debt
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Supreme Court Ruling – Inherited IRAs Not Protected in Bankruptcy
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Tips on How to Leave an Inheritance to Your Children
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The Risks of a Prepaid Funeral
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New Trend in Elder Care – Sending Seniors Abroad?
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Casey Kasem & The Importance of an Advance Directive
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Late-in-Life Marriages and Combining Estate Plans
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Considerations When Researching Continuing Care Retirement Facilities
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Lawyer Developing Online Estate Planning Game
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Reminder: The Importance of Updating Estate Planning Documents
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Back to the Basics: Estate Planning for Adults & Children with Special Needs
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Avoiding Probate By Using Beneficiary Designations
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Estate Planning & Technology – Including a Digital Estate Plan
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The New Generation of Estate Planning – Young, Wealth, and Childless
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Common Goals of Estate Planning for Married Couples
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New York Program Helping Senior Tenants with Rent Caps
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Dealing With the Logistics of Estate Planning
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Increasing Workplace Elder Care Benefits
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Having a Bon Voyage – Specifying End of Life Decisions that Lay Out Your Last Wishes
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The Basics – Medical-Legal Planning for Ailing Seniors in New York
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Resources for Adult Children Caring for Aging Parents
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Casey Kasem Saga – Suffering Senior with Feuding Relatives
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Estate Planning is Not a Do-It-Yourself Project
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Gender & Elder Care in New York
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Putting Conditions on a Trust in New York
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Life Estates: Rarely the Best Option to Protect Parent’s Home
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Prenuptial Agreements in NY – Part 2: Challenging The Validity Of A Prenuptial Agreement
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Elder Financial Exploitation- A Fancy Term For Financial Abuse Of The Elderly
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Prenuptial Agreements in NY – Part 1: Enforceability
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Common Reasons for Contested Wills in New York
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Back to the Basics: What is the Difference Between Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts?
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Be Aware of Cemetery Rules & Guidelines
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New 2014 Cost of Long-Term Care Study Released
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Dispute Over Documents Settled Between Harry Belafonte & MLK Estate
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Pet Trusts, Dementia, & Senior Exploitation
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Adult Guardianship in New York – The Basics
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What is “Donor Intent” & How Does It Affect a NY Estate Plan
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Undue Influence in NY & Pressuring Vulnerable Seniors
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Good News for NY Medicaid System – Agreement Reached with Federal Government
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Back to the Basics: First vs. Third Party Special Needs Trusts in NY
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The Mickey Rooney Example: Be Clear About Funeral & Burial Plans
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Estate Fights for Music Royalties in the Digital Age
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The Power of Legacy – Could a Will have Prevented WWII?
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New Report Explores State of Medicaid Following Affordable Care Act
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Developments with the New York Estate Tax
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April is Financial Literacy Month – Plan for Your Future
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Guardianship Law To Go in Effect in New York
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Alzheimer’s, Medical Testing, & Long-Term Care Insurance
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Do Not Act Too Quickly After a Passing
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Outrage After Seniors Kicked Out of New York Nursing Home
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Federal Estate Tax “Portability” – Should It Always Be Used?
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Don’t Leave Your Planning Up to a Coin Toss
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Back to the Basics: NY Medicaid Eligibility & Protecting Assets
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Good News Following Ulster County Nursing Home Sale?
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Understanding Estate Sales – What Can You Sell?
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What if a Beneficiary Dies First?
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Do Even “High Ranking” New York Nursing Home Neglect Residents?
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Art Collections and Estate Planning
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New York Elder Care Planning – When You Have No Children
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Are You Too Young to Have an Estate Plan?
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Marriage Matters – A Reminder of the Tax Benefit
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Billions on the Line with New York Medicaid “Adjustments” from Federal Government
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New York Estate Planning – No Child Left Behind?
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Using a “Life Estate” in a New York Estate Plan
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New York Nursing Home Costs & Medicaid “Lookback” Period
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Can Your Heirs Work Together?
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Continuing Legal Hurdles for Same-Sex Couples
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IRS Releases Trusts and Estate Statistics
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Growth of Online Memorial Services
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The Future of Elder Care: Senior Villages
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Estate Battles the IRS – The Michael Jackson Example
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Federal Charitable Deduction Debate Continues
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County Run Nursing Home in New York Studying Future of Long-Term Care
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Clamor Continues Around State Estate Tax – Are Increased Exemptions Coming?
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NFL Players & Estate Planning Errors – It Can Happen to Anyone
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Bending the Cost Curve or Breaking the Bank with Long-Term Care?
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The Truth About Medicaid “Estate Recovery” Concerns
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Is There a Future in Outsourcing Elder Care?
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Understanding Social Security Benefits for Seniors
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Did You Prepare for That?
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Former New York State Medicaid Inspector General Sets His Sights on Charity Regulation
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New York Medicaid “Look-Back” Period & Proper Records
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Do-It Yourself Estate Planning Problems: Transferring Real Estate
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Disorganization & IRA Inheritances
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Avoiding Senior Isolation: The Julie Harris Case
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Favorable New York Estate Tax Laws on the Horizon?
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AARP Comment on Upcoming State of the State Address
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Last Minute Gift? Cashing A $100,000 Check
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Estate Lawsuit Reinstated Involving Claimed Executor Fraud
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New York Nursing Homes Receive Failing Grade
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The Basics: The Importance of Living Trusts in Estate Planning
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A Court Order Delays Life Support Termination
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Family Fights for Years to Get Email Access After Untimely Death
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Don’t Let Qualifying for Medicaid Force You Into Poverty
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The Challenges of Dementia Care Around the Holidays
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Clarity in Estate Planning – Who Owns Fawcett’s Warhol Painting?
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Gift Tax Benefits Expiring At End of Year?
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Understanding Legal Capacity in New York
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Bucking the Trend – County-Run Nursing Homes
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Beyond Pet Trusts — The Rise of Pet Hospice Care
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“Donor Advised Funds” Gaining in Popularity
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Modifying a Will – Don’t Just Scratch Things Off
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Will Contests & the Super Wealthy
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Later-Life Marriages and Prenuptial Agreements
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Onondaga County Officially Transfers Ownership of Nursing Home to Private Firm
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Huguette Clark Estate Sues New York Hospital for Exploitation
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Would Changes to Charitable Tax Deductions Affect American Gifting?
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New Decision on Valuation of New York LLC for Estate Tax Purposes
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Congressman on Future of Estate Tax
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New Tech Tools Changing Elder Care
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Inheritance Dispute: Family Claims IRS Overvalued Artwork
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Be Aware of Trust Fund Theft At Nursing Homes
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Understanding “Specialty” Trusts
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Stepping in to Prevent Elder Self-Neglect
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The Estate of New York Musician Lou Reed
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Does Dementia Affect the Validity of a Will?
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Many Same-Sex Couples Still Need to Update Plans Post-DOMA
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Ineligible Patients Enrolled in Medicaid Program by Agency in NY
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Financial Problems at NY Nursing Home, Says Comptroller’s Audit
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Inherited Property & First Time Homebuyer Credit
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What Matters When Choosing an Executor?
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Back to the Basics: Trusts Are Not Only For the Wealthy
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Elder Abuse Fact Sheet
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Deathbed Planning: In the Face of Serious Illness
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Guardianship over Personal Affairs and Property: Not Just for the Incapacitated
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Bill of Rights for New Jersey Seniors in Continuing Care Communities – Should We Follow Suit?
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Estate and Financial Planning Difficulties with Same-Sex Divorce
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Criminal Charges for New York Estate Executor
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AARP to Hold Forum on “Modernizing Medicaid”
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Planning for Posthumous Children in New York
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Continuing Trend: Private Investor Buys New York Public Nursing Home
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Tragic New York Murder Case, Inheritance, & “Son of Sam” Laws
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Family Dispute: Kasey Casem’s Children Fighting with Stepmother Over Senior Care
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Can You “Self Insure” For Your Long-Term Care Needs?
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Will The Government Shutdown Affect Your Estate Planning?
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Making Tough Choices to Prevent Elder Financial Abuse
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Mysterious Will Filed in New York Intestate Case
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Five Members of Long-Term Care Commission Issue Separate Report
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Final Report Issued by Federal Long-Term Care Commission
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Do Black New York Seniors Receive Worse Nursing Home Care?
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Financial Advisors Discuss Ways to Save on Increased Capital Gains Taxes
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Home Health Care Workers to Receive Additional Worker Protections
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Huguette Clark Estate Negotiations Fail, Set for Trial
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Federal Long-Term Care Commission Set to Issue Report
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Genes & Life Insurance – Brewing Controversy
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Two More NY Nursing Homes Fined for Poor Care
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Inadequate Retirement Worries? – Tips to Boost Your Savings
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Unauthorized Charges: Financial Exploitation at the Dentist’s Office
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IRS Issues Guidance on Federal Taxes for Same Sex Couples
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Issues with Family Vacation Homes
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Reminder: More Estate Planning Opportunities for Couples After Windsor v U.S.
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Children on Famed Football Coach Challenge Will
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WSJ on the “Re-Thinking” of New York Medicaid
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GRATs – A Good Idea in this Low Interest Rate Environment?
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New York Nursing Homes & Poor Dental Care
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NPR Story: Time to “Abolish” the Nursing Home
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Comptroller Claims New York Medicaid Still Rife with Waste
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Update: Gandolfini’s Estate Faces Huge Estate Tax Liability
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Adoption to Avoid Taxes — When Marriage Is Not Open to Same Sex Couples
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Federal Government Makes Push to Educate Public on Long-Term Care
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DOMA Decision May Affect Medicaid Long-Term Care Benefits
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Elder Financial Exploitation from Jail — Anything Can Happen
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Federal Marriage Rights Now Available for Same-Sex Couples
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Battles Continue Over New Medicaid Eligibility for NY Home Health Programs
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NY Nursing Home Kickback Settlement – Reminder of Need to Make Careful Nursing Home Choices
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Queens Nursing Home Facility Director Faces Criminal Neglect Charges
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Trying to “Woo” Inclusion Into The Will of Heiress Huguette Clark
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Audit of NY Office of Medicaid Inspector General
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Discriminatory Old University Trust May Be Modified
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Siblings Inheritance Feud Turns Criminal
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Landmark Medicaid Study on Effect of Program Expansion
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Die Without a Will? Inheritance May Go to Government
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NY Medicaid Supported Adult Day Care Suspended Following Fraud Concerns
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NAELA Journal Article on Future of Medicaid
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New Case: Inheritance Rights of “Adopted Out” Children in New York
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Don’t Forget: There is a New York Estate Tax on Top of Federal Tax
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Washington Post Article on Family Struggles in Dividing Up Assets
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Effect of Presidential Budget on Estate Planning
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Long Term Care Insurance: A Battle of Money & Emotions
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Audit Raises Questions About New York Medicaid Financial Situation
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New Database to Search New York Nursing Home Statistics
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House GOP Proposal & Medicaid
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Editorial Calls for Preserving Medicaid Spousal Refusal in New York
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Fighting to Care for the Ailing Zsa Zsa Gabor
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DOMA Case Update: Amicus Briefs Mount in New York Couple’s Case
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Low Expectations for Federal Long-Term Care Commission
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James Brown Estate Battle Rages On — Supreme Court Rejects Compromise
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Challenging the New York Nursing Home Surcharge Tax for Private Payers
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Potential Heir in Huguette Clark Case Dies During Inheritance Feud
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New Guide to Senior Financial Exploitation
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Benefits for Children Conceived After Father’s Death to Be Decided By Court
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Forbes Estate Tax Article Catches Fire on Social Media
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Court Rules Woman Must Give Up Kafka Papers She Inherited
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Court Battle Set to Begin in $300 Million Fight over Huguette Clark Estate
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Proposed New York Medicaid “Personal Care” Cuts Halted By Court
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DOMA Challenges Mount
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New York Executrix Ordered to Return Estate Funds
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Contingent Beneficiaries for IRA Accounts
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Hidden Complexities in Basic Estate Planning
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Federal Report: Key Indicators of Well-Being for Older Americans
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Annual Gift Tax Exclusion Is Not Going Anywhere
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Cost of Long-Term Care Insurance Rocketing
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Feuding Continues Over Rosa Parks Estate
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Giving a Gift or Inheritance With Strings Attached
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Entire Estate Left to a Dog?
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Naming Guardians for Children in New York Estate Plan
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Failure to Update a Plan Nightmare
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Improvement in the IRS Art Value Appraisal Services
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Massive Medicaid Fraud and Texas’ O.I.G Dollar Recovery Strategy
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Medicaid and Pension Obligations Pressuring State Budgets
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DOMA Challenge Likely Headed to U.S. Supreme Court
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Federal Bill to Protect Seniors Advances in Senate
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Institute of Medicine Report: 1 in 5 Boomers With Mental Health Issue
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Losing Home Over $400 Tax Bill
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Tax and Planning Consequences of Affordable Care Act?
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Should You Take Advantage of Tax Situation Now?
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New York Elder Law Estate Planning for Couples with Age Difference
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Inheritance Disputes Among Children While Parents Still Alive
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Is 80 the New 65?
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Changing Ideas About Leaving a Legacy?
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Exception Proves the Rule: Joe Paterno’s Will Sealed
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Another County Set to Privatize New York Nursing Home
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Credit Card Fraud Among the Elderly on the Rise
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Misconceptions About Cost of Insurance
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Supreme Court Rules on Survivorship Benefits in Posthumous Birth Case
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Federal Government Overpays New York Medicaid System by $700 Million
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Senior Financial Exploitation Prevention: Legal Documents Before Incapacitation
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First-Ever LGBT White House Conference on Aging Held
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Filing Taxes After Death
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Editorial Calls for Keeping “Spousal Refusal” Option for New York Medicaid
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Mike Wallace’s Passing Reminder of Planning Needs for Dementia
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Defending Seniors–Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Office of Older Americans
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The Complex Issues of Disinheritance
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Farm Families Reminded of Need for Estate Planning to Smooth Transition to Next Generation
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Alzheimer’s Association Focuses on Providing Senior Care Assistance & Support
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New York Estate Planning Feud Ends for Astor Family
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Mental Capacity Issues in Estate Planning Fights
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Elder Law is Not Just for the Elderly
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Money for Senior Care Services Fails to Keep Pace with Rising Need
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Green House Project: Nursing Homes Shift Away From Institutional Settings
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Estate Planning Lessons from Etta James
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Increase in Blended Families Cited For Causing “Uglier” Estate Fights
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Elder Law Associations Announce Support for Older American Act
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Famous Feuds and New York Estate Planning Lessons for Every Family
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Huguette Clark’s Only Friend Has Her Own New York Estate Plan Settled
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Another Study Emphasizes the High Costs of Long-Term Care
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Elder Caregivers Found To Have Higher Levels of Stress & Health Issues
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Digital Assets May Seem Unimportant, But Families Will Want Access
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Home Care Workers and the Minimum Wage Controversy
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Some Estate Fights Last For Decades–The MLK Example
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AARP Release new “Aging in Place” Survey
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Holidays Are Prime Time to Discuss Family Estate Planning
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Advocates Call on Governor Cuomo to Save Senior Centers
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Favorable Tax Rates and Tools May Soon End
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Art and Antique Succession Planning Should Not Be Overlooked
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Editorial Calls for Repeal of the Estate Tax
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New Twist in Huguette Clark Estate Plan Controversy
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Questions Remain About Huguette Clark’s $400 Million New York Estate Plan
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Governor Cuomo Warns of Potential Effects of “Super Committee” Stalemate
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Governor Cuomo Declares November As New York Caregiver Recognition Month
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Forbes Shares Information on Celebrity Estate Planning Stories
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Authorities Often Act Too Late to Prevent Elder Financial Abuse
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AARP Report Finds Expanding Costs of Family Elder Caregiving
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Estate Planning Documents Must Be Updated So They Work When You Need Them
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An Estate Planning “Perfect Storm”
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Congressman Shares Information About Federal Attempt to Solve Long-Term Care Crisis
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Reality Star Feuds with In-Laws in Estate Fight
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Federal “Super Committee” May Target Gift Tax in Deficit Reduction Scheme
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More Americans Financially Supporting Aging Parents
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Baby Boomers Discuss Retirement and Long-Term Living Plans Amid Tough Economy
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New Companion Service Provides New York Elder Care at Senior’s Own Home
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Proposed Tax Policy Changes May Affect Future Options for Estate Planners
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New York Elder Center Opens for GLBT Seniors
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New York Estate Planning Best Done Before Health Declines
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State Takes Steps to Eliminate New York Medicaid Caseworkers
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New York Estate Plan Lawyer Shares Value of Business Succession Plans
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Daughters Disproportionately Assume Elder Caregiver Role For Aging Parents
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New York Estate Plans Tailored for Those with Multiple Sclerosis
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Steve Jobs Likely Paid No Estate Taxes By Using Trusts in Estate Plans
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New York Inheritance Issues in Second Marriages
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Careful Consideration Required Before Selecting a Successor Trustee in Estate Plan
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Advocates Call for Tighter New York Medicaid Rule Enforcement
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Family Disagreement Over Special Needs Trust Leads to Court Battle
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Many Middle Class Families in New York Use Trusts in Estate Plan
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Proper Senior Care Planning Needed to Prevent Elder Financial Abuse
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Estate Tax Issues Continue to Plague Married New York Same Sex Couples
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Proper New York Estate Planning Necessary to Combat Possible Legal Challenges
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Common Pitfalls of Pet Bequeaths
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