Estate Planning Advice from Sveen v. Melin on the Importance of Beneficiary Designations In 1997 Ashley Sveen purchased a life insurance policy. Later that year Ashley married Kaye Melin and named Melin as … October 25, 2019 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning Lessons from Groucho Marx: Reducing the Risk of Elder Abuse By the time that the legendary screen actor and comedian Groucho Marx became a senior citizen he had a difficult … October 23, 2019 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning Estate Planning Challenges Faced by Unmarried Couples Statistics show there are an increasing number of older individuals who are divorcing later on in life. There is also … October 21, 2019 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning Estate Planning and Cryptocurrency The introduction of cryptocurrency has created a number of new issues which includes how these digital assets should be addressed … October 16, 2019 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Wills 4 Pieces of Advice on Selecting an Executor After the devastation of accepting the loss of a loved one subsides it can be challenging to determine how to … October 15, 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
Estate Planning, Wills Estate Planning and Alzheimer’s Following a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s you and your loved one will end up facing a number of serious challenges. For … October 8, 2019 2 MIN READ
Caregiving, Elder Law Safeguarding Estate Planning Documents Clients call this law firm asking for a copy of their will or other estate planning documents because they cannot … October 8, 2019 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning 4 Retirement Mistakes You Should Avoid The retirement process is full of challenges. One of the best ways to make sure that you navigate this process … October 5, 2019 2 MIN READ
Irrevocable Trust Medicaid Asset Protection Trust (MAPT) v. Life Estate Deed Clients often ask whether the home should be deeded to the client’s adult children while retaining a life estate in … May 3, 2024 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column The Farmer’s Daughters A farmer came in to see us recently with this dilemma. He had a working farm where his twenty something … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Elder Law Can I Get Kicked Out of My Assisted Living Home? A recent story out of Virginia recently received a great deal of national attention. An 83-year-old grandmother of five and … December 15, 2019 2 MIN READ
