New York Elder Law Nationwide Nursing Home Report: New York Receives Failing Grade A non-profit group called “Families for Better Care” recently released a comprehensive report card that ranks the skilled nursing care … August 20, 2013 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills Issues with Family Vacation Homes Many New York families have vacation homes. While the reference often conjures up images of the super-wealthy wintering in palacial … August 19, 2013 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Blended Families Estate Planning, Estate Planning Reminder: More Estate Planning Opportunities for Couples After Windsor v U.S. A JDSupra post from last month offers a helpful reminder of the changing legal landscape for New York same sex … August 14, 2013 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Wills Children on Famed Football Coach Challenge Will The State recently reported on another “will contest” involving a well-known South Carolina family. The story is an example of … August 12, 2013 2 MIN READ
Medicaid Applications, Medicaid Planning WSJ on the “Re-Thinking” of New York Medicaid Drastic revisions to the New York Medicaid system have been well documented in recent years. Most attention relates to a … August 9, 2013 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Wills Adding Candidates & Political Parties to Your Estate Plan How should you decide who you should name as beneficiaries in your estate planning documents? For many the answer is … August 8, 2013 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Financial Planning Taxes & Withdrawal From Retirement Accounts Planning for retirement is rarely a simple task. For one thing a resident must carefully ask the basic question: How … August 7, 2013 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Gift tax, Trusts GRATs – A Good Idea in this Low Interest Rate Environment? A post over at Think Advisor last week provides some helpful insight into one financial and estate planning tool which … August 6, 2013 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Medicaid Planning, Senior Health Care New York Nursing Homes & Poor Dental Care Most horror stories about poor nursing home care include tales of grotesque “bed sores ” broken bones gone undiagnosed and … August 5, 2013 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning Lessons Learned from In re the Purported Will of Moore An appellate court recently decided the In re the Purported Will of Moore case which involved an appeal from an … June 3, 2022 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning Divorce vs. Disinherit: Beware the Elective Share Once upon a time there were these somewhat sexist laws called “dower and curtesy.” These laws applied to the specific … August 5, 2015 3 MIN READ
Elder Law, Elders Caring for Spouses with Alzheimer’s Must Plan for Their Future Anyone with a spouse stricken by Alzheimer’s disease knows exactly how devastating the condition is on the patient and how … June 5, 2017 2 MIN READ
