Estate Planning Back To Basics: Where To Keep Your Estate Plan You have finally done it; you took the necessary and important step to sit down and put together an estate … July 28, 2016 2 MIN READ
Caregiving, Elder Law Palliative Care: Know Your Rights To It New York Statute In February 2011 New York amended the Palliative Care Information Act requiring doctors and nurse practitioners to … July 24, 2016 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Wills Gifts to the Dead in New York: Are They Still Effective? Most people plan their estate believing that everyone they have left money or bequests to will survive them such as … July 23, 2016 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Estate Planning What Happens if my Beneficiary Turns Down My Bequest? It is not a common situation but it does happen. After you pass your will is entered into probate and … July 21, 2016 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Caregiving Validity of Living Wills in New York In a previous post titled Health Care Proxy: What is Their Role in My Health Care Decisionmaking? we discussed the … July 20, 2016 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Estate Planning Disinheriting Your Spouse? Not So Under New York Law You are always told that you can leave whatever assets you want in your will to whomever you want. After … July 18, 2016 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Blended Families Estate Planning, Estate Planning Understanding Joint Ownership with Rights of Survivorship There are many ways to pass on your assets without having to go through probate. Any account or policy with … July 16, 2016 2 MIN READ
Caregiving Home Care Workers Secure Compensation Victory While most of us know that the baby boomer population is vast many do not realize the impact this population … July 15, 2016 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Estate Planning Revoking Your New York Will People are taught to hang onto important documents. Every person is instructed to hold onto deeds mortgages bank records and … July 14, 2016 2 MIN READ
Caregiving, Long Term Care Planning, New York Elder Law, NY Elder Law Onondaga County Officially Transfers Ownership of Nursing Home to Private Firm The changing face of New York nursing home care continued this weekend as another county officially got out of the … December 6, 2013 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Wills Will Does Not Revoke Previous Transfer of Property to Trust BEST LAID PLANS DO NOT ALWAYS WORK OUT A case with an interesting factual background came out of Texas recently. … April 25, 2016 2 MIN READ
Elder law estate planning, Estate Planning, Healthcare Decisions, Medicaid Eligibility, Medicaid Planning, Medicaid Trusts The Medicaid Look-Back Period: Proactive Planning vs. Crisis Management Doctors and other professionals may forget to ask caregivers how they are coping with the care of another. Queries such … June 16, 2026 5 MIN READ
