Caregiving, Elder Law, Elder law estate planning Back to Basics: Estate Planning 101 Part II A trust is an important estate plan document. Other estate planning documents include a last will and testament and intestate … March 6, 2020 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Elder law estate planning Understanding the Differences Between Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts Adding trust instruments to your estate plan can help a surviving spouse and other beneficiaries have access to assets while … November 4, 2019 2 MIN READ
Caregiving, Elder Law, Elder law estate planning How to Deal with Out-of-State Assets in an Estate Plan It is not uncommon in our region for people to own real property outside of New York State. Increasingly people … October 12, 2019 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Elder law estate planning Do You and Your Partner Have Identical Wishes Regarding Your Assets? Some couples approach their estate planning lawyer seeking advice on creating a joint will. Generally the estates lawyer will frown … October 4, 2019 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Elder law estate planning What are Long-Term Care Hospitals? Despite the prevalence of aggressive life-prolonging medical procedures such as feeding tubes ventilators and dialysis once a patient enters a … September 26, 2019 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Elder law estate planning Caring for Parents with Dementia: Legal Considerations Parents with dementia and other memory loss disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease present extraordinary challenges for the parent … September 21, 2019 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Elder law estate planning Handling Digital Assets in Estate Administration This is the last post on gifting digital assets. So far we have examined digital assets generally and digital asset … July 4, 2019 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Elder law estate planning Probating an Estate Following a Loved One’s Death Following the death of a loved one most people would rather think of anything else than finances assets in an … February 28, 2019 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Elder law estate planning What your Estate Plan Should Include Having a well through out defined estate plan is one of the most important things we can do for ourselves … February 20, 2019 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column Tax Issues On Death Executors and trustees, as fiduciaries of the estate, must identify, manage and protect estate assets, pay off creditors, distribute the … September 30, 2025 2 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
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
