Elder Law, Estate Planning What is Elder Law Estate Planning? “Elder Law Estate Planning” is an area of law that combines features of both elder law (disability planning) and estate … March 8, 2024 1 MIN READ
Aging Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) According to the New York State Bar Association “medical aid in dying is a medical practice that has been adopted … March 1, 2024 2 MIN READ
Death Taxes, Estate Taxes, Gift tax, Medicaid Planning, Medicaid Trusts Tax and Medicaid Law Changes for 2024 For 2024 the exemptions for estate taxes rise to 6.94 million for New York estate taxes and to 13.61 million … January 18, 2024 2 MIN READ
Aging, Senior Health Care, Senior Living Communications Devices for Older Adults While studying the topic of dementia your writer was surprised to learn that the single most effective preventative measure would … January 10, 2024 1 MIN READ
The Attitude of Gratitude Gratitude has to do with appreciation. Appreciation means to add value to. Things that appreciate tend to grow just as … November 21, 2023 2 MIN READ
Caregiving Planning Issues for Women When Husband Handled the Finances While women and men have many issues in common some of these issues tend to … October 20, 2023 3 MIN READ
Gift tax Gifting to Minors Gifting to minors raises some unique considerations. For one people under the age of eighteen lack the legal capacity to … October 6, 2023 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Irrevocable Trust, Medicaid Asset Protection Trust, Trusts Asset Protection is Inheritance Protection Two overriding questions govern your choices in an elder law estate plan. First what will happen to your assets when … September 8, 2023 2 MIN READ
Caregiving Aging Life Care Managers (ALCM) An Aging Life Care Manager (ALCM) is a health and human services specialist who acts as a guide and advocate … August 11, 2023 1 MIN READ
Irrevocable Trust Medicaid Asset Protection Trust Myths Why don’t more people do the Medicaid Asset Protection Trust (MAPT)? The answer is that clients often get the wrong … February 11, 2025 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Elder law estate planning How to Disclaim Inheritance Claiming inheritance upon its distribution is something that many individuals welcome and conversely is the source of many family disputes. … October 4, 2016 2 MIN READ
3 Critical Things to Remember about New York Holographic Wills In the recent case In the Estate of Hohmann a person passed away without leaving an executed will. The deceased man’s … February 4, 2021 2 MIN READ
