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
Elder law estate planning, Estate Planning Reasons to Revise Your Estate Plan Estate planning is not written in stone. Instead estate plans should be revised and reconsidered when various major life events … May 19, 2023 2 MIN READ
Aging Book Review: “Successful Aging” by Daniel J. Levitin In his best-selling book “Successful Aging” Daniel J. Levitin Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neuroscience at McGill University (your writer’s … May 2, 2023 1 MIN READ
Aging, Wills Contesting a Will In order to contest a will the objectant must have “standing” meaning they would legally be entitled to a share … April 26, 2023 0 MIN READ
Estate Planning If You Don’t Understand the Plan You Don’t Have a Plan So many people who come in to see us do not understand the estate plan they have or do not … April 19, 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
