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, 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
Aging, Estate Administration, Probate, Wills You Cannot Disinherit Your Spouse New York law prevents spouses from being disinherited. Instead a spouse who is disinherited may go to court and claim … July 7, 2023 2 MIN READ
Aging Book Review: “The Good Life” by Robert Waldinger MD and Marc Schulz PhD Published this year “The Good Life” reports on the Harvard Study of Adult Development the longest scientific study of happiness … June 20, 2023 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
Aging Health Benefits of Forgiveness Each one of us experience countless injustices in the course of everyday living. Like other experiences it is not the … May 26, 2023 1 MIN READ
Medicaid Eligibility, Medicaid Planning Spousal Refusal – Just Say No Spousal refusal is a legally valid Medicaid planning option in New York. By way of background certain income and assets … April 12, 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
Asset Protection, Irrevocable Trust LONGEVITY INSURANCE – DEFERRED INCOME ANNUITY Deferred income annuities are a financial product that by definition are paid in one premium and payout after at least … December 29, 2015 2 MIN READ
