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
Estate Planning, Wills WHAT DOCUMENTS TO KEEP AND WHAT TO SHRED SPRING CLEANING TIME MEANS CLEARING OLD PAPERWORK With tax day over and the need to collect and forward any … May 27, 2016 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning Highs or Lows: Which is Best When Valuing Art and Collectibles? Art pieces and collectibles can often be difficult to price. After all the best and easiest way to price an … August 8, 2016 2 MIN READ
Caregiving, Elder Law PARENTAL VISITATION LAWS – RIGHT TO VISIT PARENT OF ADULT CHILDREN ANOTHER CELEBRITY CASE MAKING CHANGES In the last few months that Casey Kasem had on this earth he was the … March 22, 2016 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, NY Elder Law Daughters Disproportionately Assume Elder Caregiver Role For Aging Parents An article yesterday at Forbes explored an issue that has been dubbed “the ticking time bomb of eldercare.” It is … October 18, 2011 2 MIN READ
