Asset Protection, Estate Planning SPLIT ANNUITY FOR ESTATE PLANNING HYBRID PLANNING TOOL – COMPOUND INTEREST AND IMMEDIATE PAYOUT There are some retirement strategies that people engage in that have … April 21, 2016 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Caregiving INTERSTATE ADULT GUARDIANSHIPS INCREASING IN FREQUENCY Guardians across the country are beginning to grapple with a larger phenomena of life in these United … April 19, 2016 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning Joint Spousal Trust NOT AS USEFUL BUT STILL GOOD TO HAVE This blog has explored the issues revolving around an ABC trust in … April 15, 2016 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Elder Law How Does the Death of a Spouse Affect Medicaid Eligbility NEED FOR UPDATED ESTATE PLANNING WHEN ONE SPOUSE GOES INTO NURSING HOME When one spouse goes into a nursing home … April 14, 2016 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Estate Planning Estate Planning for New York’s Estate Tax GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS Most people are aware that April 15 is tax day. That simply means that you … April 13, 2016 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Estate Planning How to Assure an Estate Battle HUGUETTE CLARK AS EXEMPLAR The last member of the gilded age passed away just a few years ago. Huguette Clark’s life … April 11, 2016 2 MIN READ
Medicaid Applications, Medicaid Eligibility, Medicaid Planning MEDICARE’S OBSERVATIONAL STATUS SOME LIMITED RELIEF Patients who rely on Medicare sometimes experience sticker shock after being released from the hospital only to … April 8, 2016 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Living Trusts What is a Crummey Trust STRANGE NAME GREAT CONCEPT A person is entitled to gift up to $14 000 per year without incurring any gift … April 7, 2016 2 MIN READ
Elder Law SOCIAL SECURITY SURVIVOR BENEFITS NEW RULES FOR SAME SEX COUPLES Social security survivor benefits may seem like a relatively straightforward issues to understand. Indeed … April 5, 2016 2 MIN READ
Caregiving, Long Term Care Planning, New York Elder Law, NY Elder Law Onondaga County Officially Transfers Ownership of Nursing Home to Private Firm The changing face of New York nursing home care continued this weekend as another county officially got out of the … December 6, 2013 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Wills Will Does Not Revoke Previous Transfer of Property to Trust BEST LAID PLANS DO NOT ALWAYS WORK OUT A case with an interesting factual background came out of Texas recently. … April 25, 2016 2 MIN READ
Elder law estate planning, Estate Planning, Healthcare Decisions, Medicaid Eligibility, Medicaid Planning, Medicaid Trusts The Medicaid Look-Back Period: Proactive Planning vs. Crisis Management Doctors and other professionals may forget to ask caregivers how they are coping with the care of another. Queries such … June 16, 2026 5 MIN READ
