Newspaper Column Integrity And Gratitude If we had to choose only two concepts as a prescription for a good life, they would be integrity and … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column The Farmer’s Daughters A farmer came in to see us recently with this dilemma. He had a working farm where his twenty something … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column Accepting What Is As estate planners, we consistently meet with people who are suffering from traumatic relationships with their children or grandchildren. Children … 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 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 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 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 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 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
Elder Law, Senior Financial Exploitation Stolen Home: Elderly Mother Claims Deed Conveyed to Son Via Fraud Most discussions of elder financial exploitation include accusations of unique scams targeted at trusting seniors. As we discussed last week … May 15, 2013 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column The State Of Estate Taxes The current exemption from New York estate taxes is 5.93 million, indexed for inflation. For example, last year it was … September 30, 2025 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
