Elder Law, Senior Health Care Governor Cuomo Declares November As New York Caregiver Recognition Month Last week the Director of the New York State Office for the Aging held the first-ever New York Caregiving and … November 21, 2011 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Probate, Trusts Forbes Shares Information on Celebrity Estate Planning Stories Families across the country will come together to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday next week. As a Forbes article recently explained … November 18, 2011 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Long Term Care Planning, Senior Health Care AARP Report Finds Expanding Costs of Family Elder Caregiving The AARP Public Policy Institute recently released a new report discussing the contributions that family members nationwide make to caring … November 15, 2011 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning Estate Planning Documents Must Be Updated So They Work When You Need Them Yesterday the Kansas City Star published a story on the necessity of properly updating estate planning documents. The article shared … November 9, 2011 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Estate Taxes, Trusts An Estate Planning “Perfect Storm” Investment News published a story yesterday declaring that the current financial political and social climate made it a “perfect storm” … November 7, 2011 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Long Term Care Planning, NY Elder Law Congressman Shares Information About Federal Attempt to Solve Long-Term Care Crisis On Wednesday Congressman Ted Deutch published an editorial in Politico advocating on behalf of a stalled federal initiative known as … November 4, 2011 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Blended Families Estate Planning, Estate Planning Reality Star Feuds with In-Laws in Estate Fight Last month Forbes discussed an estate feud that brewed followed the suicide death of a reality show star. Late this … November 3, 2011 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Estate Taxes, Gift tax Federal “Super Committee” May Target Gift Tax in Deficit Reduction Scheme The gift tax has implications in a variety of New York estate planning situations from deciding the best way to … November 1, 2011 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Financial Planning More Americans Financially Supporting Aging Parents Last week Reuters discussed the growing number of adult Americans who are financially supporting their senior parents. As the author … October 31, 2011 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Elder Law, Financial Planning, Irrevocable Trust, Long Term Care Planning, Medicaid Eligibility, Medicaid Planning, Medicaid Trusts, Trust Transfers/Gifts The Medicaid Asset Protection Trust (MAPT) – Do’s and Don’ts by Michael Ettinger Attorney at Law The Medicaid Asset Protection Trust (MAPT) is a technique commonly used by elder law … April 13, 2010 2 MIN READ
Financial Planning What are My Inheritance Rights as a Spouse in New York? The last will and testament is an important document an individual creates to spell out his or her final wishes … August 7, 2018 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection Dealing with Personal Property in Your Estate Plan When you create an estate plan you face many decisions. One of those decisions will be how you should divide … September 18, 2015 3 MIN READ
