Aging Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) According to the New York State Bar Association “medical aid in dying is a medical practice that has been adopted … March 1, 2024 2 MIN READ
Death Taxes, Estate Taxes, Gift tax, Medicaid Planning, Medicaid Trusts Tax and Medicaid Law Changes for 2024 For 2024 the exemptions for estate taxes rise to 6.94 million for New York estate taxes and to 13.61 million … January 18, 2024 2 MIN READ
Aging, Senior Health Care, Senior Living Communications Devices for Older Adults While studying the topic of dementia your writer was surprised to learn that the single most effective preventative measure would … January 10, 2024 1 MIN READ
Estate Planning The Attitude of Gratitude Gratitude has to do with appreciation. Appreciation means to add value to. Things that appreciate tend to grow just as … November 21, 2023 2 MIN READ
Caregiving Planning Issues for Women When Husband Handled the Finances While women and men have many issues in common some of these issues tend to … October 20, 2023 3 MIN READ
Gift tax Gifting to Minors Gifting to minors raises some unique considerations. For one people under the age of eighteen lack the legal capacity to … October 6, 2023 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Irrevocable Trust, Medicaid Asset Protection Trust, Trusts Asset Protection is Inheritance Protection Two overriding questions govern your choices in an elder law estate plan. First what will happen to your assets when … September 8, 2023 2 MIN READ
Caregiving Aging Life Care Managers (ALCM) An Aging Life Care Manager (ALCM) is a health and human services specialist who acts as a guide and advocate … August 11, 2023 1 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Gift tax, Irrevocable Trust, Living Trusts, Medicaid Trusts Taxation of Trusts Revocable living trusts where the grantor (creator) and the trustee (manager) are the same person use the grantor’s social security … July 13, 2023 2 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
