Back to Basics: Estate Planning Vocabulary Estate planning can be a tricky matter. If it wasn’t difficult enough to make decisions regarding the end of your … November 7, 2016 2 MIN READ
What is a Discretionary Trust and When Should I Use it? What Is It? A Discretionary Trust is another type of trust that is commonly used by a grantor seeking to … September 21, 2016 2 MIN READ
Ademption: A Stumbling Block To Your Estate Plan Your estate plan exists to make sure that your wishes are known and fulfilled. In particular you have a will … September 20, 2016 2 MIN READ
Back To Basics: Preventing Will Contests Every family has at least one horror story of a death in a family turning into a protracted legal tragedy … September 16, 2016 2 MIN READ
The Right to Die: New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act Nationwide The Death with Dignity Act gained national attention when it Brittany Maynard a 29 year old woman suffering from … July 12, 2016 2 MIN READ
What To Do When There are Multiple Wills Written: Which Takes Precedence? Over the course of your life you go through many stages. For some people that includes moving to and from … June 20, 2016 2 MIN READ
ARBITRATION CLAUSES IN WILL OR TRUST NEW YORK RULE ON ARBITRATION FOR PROBATE DISPUTES The idea of using quasijudicial means to settle disputes is as old … February 3, 2016 2 MIN READ
Caregiving, CAMERAS IN THE NURSING HOME MANY ISSUES TO ADDRESS – PRIVACY AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS The issue of video cameras in nursing homes has exploded … December 11, 2015 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Assumption of Potential Tax Liability May Affect Estate Planning GIFT TAX LIABILITY Gift tax liability and estate planning sometimes intersect. The tax Court case of Steinberg v. Commissioner 141 … November 21, 2015 2 MIN READ
