Newspaper Column The Caregiver As Invisible Patient Doctors and other professionals may forget to ask caregivers how they are coping with the care of another. Queries such … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column The Farmer’s Daughters A farmer came in to see us recently with this dilemma. He had a working farm where his twenty something … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column Accepting What Is As estate planners, we consistently meet with people who are suffering from traumatic relationships with their children or grandchildren. Children … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column The Young Family Estate Plan (yfep) Parents of young children often overlook the need to plan for death or disability. Many believe they don’t have enough … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column Medicaid Exempt Assets Under Medicaid, the combined assets of spouses are available for the care of the ill or “institutionalized” spouse, regardless whose … September 30, 2025 1 MIN READ
Newspaper Column Planning For And Executing Inheritances (part One) Most families choose to leave the inheritance “to my children in equal shares, per stirpes.” Per stirpes is Latin meaning … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column Leaving Assets To Minors Generally, parents leave their assets to the children thinking that the children will then take care of their children. Occasionally, … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column Avoiding New York Estate Taxes The estate tax exemption for New York residents was $5.93 million in 2021 and, since it is indexed to inflation, … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column Using ”moral Suasion” In Estate Planning Attorneys are trained to create legally binding agreements. This approach may end up being heavy-handed when it comes to estate … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning Steve Jobs Likely Paid No Estate Taxes By Using Trusts in Estate Plans News spread quickly last week of the death of Steve Jobs the popular technology guru who pioneered so many technological … October 12, 2011 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning New Law Allows Owners to be Buried with Pets All across the country there are cemeteries for people and cemeteries for pets. Virginia has become the third state in … September 27, 2014 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning Turcott v. Estate of Clarence D. Bates: Unjust Enrichment and How to Avoid It The Idaho Supreme Court recently affirmed a court’s award of damages for unjust enrichment. The case Turcott v. Estate of … July 25, 2019 2 MIN READ
