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
Irrevocable Trust Medicaid Asset Protection Trust Myths Why don’t more people do the Medicaid Asset Protection Trust (MAPT)? The answer is that clients often get the wrong … February 11, 2025 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Estate Taxes The Santa Clause in Estate Planning — 2025 The current New York estate tax exemption stands at $7.16 million while the Federal exemption is at $13.99 million. While … January 11, 2025 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Estate Taxes, Medicaid Applications, Medicaid Asset Protection Trust Tax and Medicaid Law Changes for 2025 For 2025 the exemptions for estate taxes rise to $7.16 million for New York estate taxes and to $13.99 million … January 10, 2025 2 MIN READ
Elder law estate planning, Estate Planning Myths About Estate Planning The first myth to explore about estate planning is that you can do it yourself over the internet. This supposes … November 21, 2024 2 MIN READ
Aging Planning for Single Relative Living Alone If you have a son daughter sister brother or parent living alone for whom you are responsible and they unfortunately … November 8, 2024 2 MIN READ
Medicaid Planning Home Care with Community Medicaid To qualify for community based Medicaid meaning receiving medical care in the home an individual cannot make more than $1 … October 30, 2024 2 MIN READ
Financial Planning, Inheritance Trusts Leaving an IRA to a Trust An IRA may not be transferred to a trust without causing the whole IRA to be taxed. The “I” in … October 10, 2024 2 MIN READ
Financial Planning, Inheritance Trusts Leaving an IRA to a Trust An IRA may not be transferred to a trust without causing the whole IRA to be taxed. The “I” in … October 10, 2024 4 MIN READ
Estate Planning The Residential Property Condition Disclosure Act and Estate Planning: Lessons Learned from Rickard v. Coulimore In the recent case of Rickard v. Coulimore the plaintiff purchased the subject residential real estate from a living trust. … March 24, 2022 2 MIN READ
International Trust Estate Planning a ‘Clifford Trust’ When planning an international trust a Clifford Trust will allow a grantor to transfer high net worth assets that produce … September 21, 2018 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning Distinguishing Between the Types of Guardianship in New York While most of us are familiar with wills many people in New York are not certain about the role played … April 16, 2020 2 MIN READ
