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
Estate Planning, Estate Taxes GENERATION SKIPPING TRANSFER TAX SEEMINGLY COMPLICATED The Generation skipping transfer tax seems complicated to understand and it absolutely should only be dealt with by … April 5, 2016 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Estate Taxes GENERATION SKIPPING TRANSFER TAX SEEMINGLY COMPLICATED The Generation skipping transfer tax seems complicated to understand and it absolutely should only be dealt with by … April 5, 2016 2 MIN READ
Caregiving, Elder Law HOME CARE SERVICES IN NEW YORK STATE IN HOME PERSONAL ASSISTANTS If you already have New York Medicaid you may be eligible for managed long term care … March 29, 2016 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Wills THE CLAT – STRANGE NAME GREAT PLAN CHARITABLE LEAD ANNUITY TRUST There are many great estate planning strategies that allow a person to avoid or lower estate … March 28, 2016 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Elder Law MEDICARE AND HOSPICE CARE FOCUS ON COMFORT Hospice care is intended to ensure that those who are in the final stages of a terminal … March 25, 2016 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Living Trusts Understanding the Superfund A 529 Account 529 ACCOUNTS Estate planning is the legal strategy by which one generation transfers wealth to the next which involves an … March 24, 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
Estate Planning The 3-Tier System Rule of Third-Party Access Under the Revised UFADAA Since ratification of the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (“RUFADAA”) in 2015 the guidelines for third-party access … September 30, 2018 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
Elder Law, Medicaid Applications, Medicaid Eligibility, Medicaid Planning The Role of the Stop Unfair Medicaid Recoveries Act Current federal regulations require Medicaid programs run by states to try to recoup the cost from estates of recipients who … April 18, 2022 2 MIN READ
