Elder Law, Long Term Care Planning, Medicaid Planning Elder Law is Not Just for the Elderly Some mistakenly dismiss elder law issues as something with which they need not concern themselves until they personally need help … March 30, 2012 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Financial Planning Money for Senior Care Services Fails to Keep Pace with Rising Need Surveys from the AARP suggest that more than ninety percent of seniors would prefer to stay in their own homes … March 28, 2012 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Long Term Care Planning Green House Project: Nursing Homes Shift Away From Institutional Settings Nursing homes can be intimidating places. The traditional model for these facilities is institutional with facility designs and procedures based … March 26, 2012 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Inheritance Trusts Increase in Blended Families Cited For Causing “Uglier” Estate Fights The world is a different place today than it was in 1950. Several decades ago the vast majority of families … March 19, 2012 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Financial Planning, Medicaid Planning Mom Has Dementia and We Don’t Know What to Do There is no easy way for a family to deal with a senior grappling with a cognitive mental disease like … March 14, 2012 2 MIN READ
Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Financial Planning DOMA Developments May Have Implications for Married Same-Sex New York Couples The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is a federal law passed in 1996 that defines marriage for federal purposes as … March 9, 2012 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Trusts Make Plans for Dividing Up or Preserving Collections in Estate Plan One important part of the elder law estate planning process involves working out inheritance details. This comes with unique concerns … March 7, 2012 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Long Term Care Planning, Senior Health Care Elder Law Associations Announce Support for Older American Act Advisor One reported his week on a push by a variety of national legal associations to support the “Older Americans … January 31, 2012 2 MIN READ
Blended Families Estate Planning, Estate Planning, Trusts Famous Feuds and New York Estate Planning Lessons for Every Family A Reuters story late last week suggested that while estate planning feuds of the famous usually involve millions the principle … January 30, 2012 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column Avoiding New York Estate Taxes The estate tax exemption for New York residents was $5.93 million in 2021 and, since it is indexed to inflation, … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning Ettinger Law Firm – The Prequel This being our 35th anniversary your writer thought it might be of some interest to our readers just how Ettinger … April 8, 2025 7 MIN READ
Estate Planning Overcoming the Challenge of Undue Influence It’s not an uncommon story. In their final years or months a loved one decides to leave a large amount … December 7, 2020 2 MIN READ
