Asset Protection, Blended Families Estate Planning Family Feud Forever: Dr. King’s Family Squabbles Continue Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. left behind a legacy of peace and understanding but he may have been surprised by … June 19, 2016 2 MIN READ
Caregiving, Elder Law Elders Right to Live in the Community In 1999 the United States Supreme Court ruled in Olmstead v. L.C. that consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act … June 16, 2016 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning What’s In a Name? Publicity Rights of Deceased Celebrities What’s In a Name Depends on Who You Are. It Could Be Hundreds of Millions According to the IRS … June 13, 2016 3 MIN READ
Estate Planning Back to Basics: No Contest Clause in New York Wills One of the many goals of estate planning is to limit the amount of fighting that will occur once a … June 10, 2016 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning New York’s Family Health Care Decisions Act In a previous post about healthcare and end of life decision making we discussed the importance of the election of … June 7, 2016 2 MIN READ
Long Term Care Planning, Trust Transfers/Gifts Health Care Proxy: What is Their Role in my Health Care Decisionmaking? End of life planning can be a very daunting task and is one many individuals do not want to face … June 6, 2016 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Estate Taxes, Wills Protecting Your Individual Retirement Account from Creditors STATE SPECIFIC PROTECTIONS The current aggregate value of retirement assets in America is roughly $21 trillion with individual retirement accounts … June 4, 2016 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Living Trusts PROPOSALS TO LIMIT THE GENERATION SKIPPING TRANSFER TAX EXEMPTION PROPOSAL TO MOVE BACK TO PREVIOUS TRUST LAWS As this blog discussed in the recent past dynasty trusts are trusts … June 1, 2016 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Estate Administration, Estate Planning BACK TO THE BASICS – HOW TO BE AN EXECUTOR AN IMPORTANT AND SOMETIMES THANKLESS JOB There are times in life when we all will have to do or engage … May 30, 2016 2 MIN READ
Medicaid Eligibility, Medicaid Planning Spousal Refusal – Just Say No Spousal refusal is a legally valid Medicaid planning option in New York. By way of background certain income and assets … April 12, 2024 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Estate Planning QUALIFIED TERMINABLE INTEREST PROPERTY TRUST QTIP TRUSTS – WHAT IS IT? In our society with divorces as common as it is many people would likely … November 30, 2015 2 MIN READ
Elder Law What are the Rules for Medicaid Asset Transfer in New York? Medicaid is a terrific program designed to help older Americans pay for the cost of their prescription medication hospital care … May 12, 2017 2 MIN READ
