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
Estate Planning Saving an Estate Charitable Deduction through Qualified Reformation On Dec. 12 2014 the Internal Revenue Service issued Private Letter Ruling 201450003 in which it considered whether an estate … January 14, 2015 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column Avoiding Elder Financial Abuse Recently, the Internet Crime Complaint Center of the FBI reported almost ten thousand complaints involving tech scams targeting older adults … September 30, 2025 1 MIN READ
Elder Law, Medicaid Planning, Medicaid Trusts Elder Law Issues with Second Marriages Our New York elder law estate planning lawyers understand that handling long-term planning issues can be particularly delicate when there … January 18, 2012 2 MIN READ
