Estate Planning Court Ruled Donald Sterling Properly Removed as Trustee In an oral ruling last week a probate court judge ruled in favor of Shelly Sterling selling the Los Angeles … August 6, 2014 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning Overcoming the Taboo: Discussing Inheritance Recent studies have shown that talking about inheritance is still a taboo subject for many families and the avoidance of … August 3, 2014 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning NJ Domestic Partners Lose Estate Benefits by Not Registering In the recent Tax Court case of Estate of Marie P. Frappolli v. Director Division of Taxation a domestic partnership … July 31, 2014 2 MIN READ
Elder Law Considerations When Choosing a Nursing Home Over 1.4 million seniors are currently living in a nursing home in the United States. While most dislike or fear … July 30, 2014 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning Lessons Learned From Sting and Philip Seymour Hoffman: Myths About Trusts It was recently reported that prior to his death Philip Seymour Hoffman rejected the advice of both his attorneys and … July 30, 2014 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning The Pros and Cons of Dynasty Trusts A dynasty trust used to be a very popular estate planning tool that has declined in use over the last … July 28, 2014 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning The Surge of Charitable Remainder Trusts America currently has 72 million people from the Baby Boomer generation the oldest of which are turning sixty-eight this year. … July 25, 2014 2 MIN READ
Elder Law Elder Care Issue: Drug Abuse in Nursing Homes This summer one nursing home settled a massive class action suit against the facility for using powerful and dangerous drugs … July 21, 2014 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning Updating Your Estate Plan: Excuses Why People Don’t & Reasons Why You Should Most people feel a sense of accomplishment after drafting and executing an estate plan. Afterwards it is commonplace to file … July 18, 2014 2 MIN READ
Medicaid Eligibility, Medicaid Planning Spousal Refusal – Just Say No Spousal refusal is a legally valid Medicaid planning option in New York. By way of background certain income and assets … April 12, 2024 2 MIN READ
Elder Law What are the Rules for Medicaid Asset Transfer in New York? Medicaid is a terrific program designed to help older Americans pay for the cost of their prescription medication hospital care … May 12, 2017 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Estate Planning QUALIFIED TERMINABLE INTEREST PROPERTY TRUST QTIP TRUSTS – WHAT IS IT? In our society with divorces as common as it is many people would likely … November 30, 2015 2 MIN READ