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
Elder Law How Do I Obtain a Death Certificate in New York? When someone dies a death certificate records on paper the time and place where the decedent passed away. While the … February 22, 2018 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Wills Understanding the Law – Relocating a Trust Sometimes after setting up a trust circumstances occur that change our goals for that trust. Recently we wrote about how … March 25, 2017 3 MIN READ
Elder Law, Elder law estate planning, Medicaid Applications, Medicaid Eligibility Qualifying for Medicaid to Pay for Long-Term Care Spend-down. Look-back. Penalty Period. Uncompensated Transfer. These are just some of the terms Medicaid uses to determine eligibility for long-term … June 1, 2023 2 MIN READ
