Newspaper Column Tax Issues On Death Executors and trustees, as fiduciaries of the estate, must identify, manage and protect estate assets, pay off creditors, distribute the … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column Prenuptial Agreements Prenuptial agreements ("prenups") are contracts entered into by a couple before marriage setting out the rights of the parties in … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column A Baker’s Dozen Reasons To Use A Trust Trusts can shield your assets from the high cost of home care making you eligible for home health aides through … September 30, 2025 1 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
Newspaper Column Why Some Estate Plans Fail Clients become legally disabled when their treating physician determines that they are unable to handle their legal and financial affairs. … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column Leaving Assets To Spendthrift Children Today, middle class people are leaving hundreds of thousands of dollars or more to their children. Often, parents are concerned … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column Medical Order For Life-sustaining Treatments Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) forms are medical directives signed by a doctor and used to convey a patient's … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column Cashing In Your Life Insurance Policy Everyone knows that you may surrender a life insurance policy at any time for the "cash surrender value". However, a … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column Second Marriage Planning In second marriage planning, a co-trustee is sometimes recommended on the death of the first spouse. While both spouses are … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning PRETERMITTED OR OMITTED CHILDREN NOT ADDRESSED IN A WILL Contrary to the European model American parents are legally free to disinherit their children but at the same time they … January 11, 2016 2 MIN READ
Ademption: A Stumbling Block To Your Estate Plan Your estate plan exists to make sure that your wishes are known and fulfilled. In particular you have a will … September 20, 2016 2 MIN READ
Caregiving, Elder Law Can Debt Collectors and Creditors Garnish My Retirement Benefits? More seniors than ever are carrying high debt into retirement. Managing high debt simultaneously with managing the cost of daily … November 17, 2019 2 MIN READ
