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
Newspaper Column “Disclaimer Trusts” For Couples With Taxable Estates Here's how they work. Each spouse sets up their own revocable living trust. Husband and wife are co-trustees of his … September 30, 2025 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
Newspaper Column Special Needs Children And Grandchildren Parents or grandparents of a disabled child should leave assets in a Special Needs Trust, to avoid the child being … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column Life Stories Preserved The aim of this service is to preserve and perpetuate the lives and their meaning of people after they have … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column The Elder Law Power Of Attorney A power of attorney allows someone you choose as "agent" to handle your legal and financial affairs, most often if … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column The Ettinger Law Firm Way (part One) Every law firm has a unique culture. Ours is captured in 30 fundamentals we call The Ettinger Law Firm Way. … September 30, 2025 5 MIN READ
Newspaper Column The Medicaid Asset Protection Trust (”mapt”) For those who don't qualify for long-term care insurance or can't afford it, The Medicaid Asset Protection Trust ("MAPT") can … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning Steve Jobs Likely Paid No Estate Taxes By Using Trusts in Estate Plans News spread quickly last week of the death of Steve Jobs the popular technology guru who pioneered so many technological … October 12, 2011 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning New Law Allows Owners to be Buried with Pets All across the country there are cemeteries for people and cemeteries for pets. Virginia has become the third state in … September 27, 2014 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning Turcott v. Estate of Clarence D. Bates: Unjust Enrichment and How to Avoid It The Idaho Supreme Court recently affirmed a court’s award of damages for unjust enrichment. The case Turcott v. Estate of … July 25, 2019 2 MIN READ
