Caregiving, Elder Law Medicare for 60-Years Is Not Always the Best Deal President Biden as well as progressive Democrats have proposed lowering Medicare’s eligibility age to 60 to help older individuals obtain … July 19, 2021 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Blended Families Estate Planning, Trustee Court Reverses Injunction against Co-Trustees In the recent Texas of Marshall v. Marshall a beneficiary initiated legal action against a trustee as well as five … July 13, 2021 2 MIN READ
Caregiving, Elder Law Gun Safety and the Elderly In the same ways that some elderly drivers prove dangerous behind the wheel firearms also prove dangerous in the hands … July 12, 2021 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Wills Utilizing Private Placement Life Insurance in Estate Planning As we proceed into 2021 and emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic many fundamental aspects of daily living have been challenged. … July 6, 2021 2 MIN READ
Estate Administration, Estate Planning After the Covid-19 Pandemic: Making Sure You Have the Critical Estate Planning Documents With the increasing availability of the COVID-19 vaccine and the rate of COVID deaths dropping in New York it’s a … July 2, 2021 2 MIN READ
Caregiving, Elder Law Advice on Using New York Trusts for Asset Protection When it comes to creating a trust to protect assets against various predatory efforts including financial elderly abuse lawsuits and … July 1, 2021 2 MIN READ
Caregiving, Elder Law A Quick Review of Medicare Changes in 2021 Many older individuals in the United States depend on Medicare to pay for health care needs. It can be challenging … June 27, 2021 3 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Estate Planning Some of the Most Notable Estate Planning Myths Data shows that a troublingly large number of Americans do not have estate plans. Besides the challenge presented by not … June 25, 2021 2 MIN READ
Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Health Issues For Older Adults Appreciating the Medicare Five-Star Nursing Home Rating System One of the most important elder law decisions is picking the best nursing home. While this decision is often financially … June 21, 2021 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column The Medicaid Asset Protection Trust (”mapt”) For those who don't qualify for long-term care insurance or can't afford it, The Medicaid Asset Protection Trust ("MAPT") can … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning How Freezing Eggs Can Affect an Estate Plan Recently Apple and Facebook made the headlines when both companies announced that it is paying the expenses for its female … December 22, 2014 2 MIN READ
Case Examination, Estate Planning, Estate Taxes Lessons from Heiting v. the United States: Utilizing Claim-Of-Right Deductions In the recent case Heiting v. the United States an appellate court denied a claim-of-right deduction in accordance with Section … February 21, 2022 2 MIN READ
