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- A Long Island Trusts Lawyer Explains in Forbes Why a Trust is Something That You Need to Create
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- In a Forbes Article, A Long Island Elder Law Attorney Advises That When You Pass Away, You Should Leave Memories Behind
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- Long Island Elder Law Attorney Explains Guardianship and Incapacity in Forbes Article
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- Learn About The Law From Forbes Contributor Mark Eghrari
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- American Citizenship, Marriage and the Estate Tax
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- Estate Planning: The Consequences of Inaction
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- Remarriage, Your Children, and Your Estate Plan
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- Budget Proposal Would Expand Federal Estate Tax
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- Estate Planning: What Do I Need to Know?
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- Do I Need Anything in Addition to My Will?
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- State-Level Estate Tax Exclusion Increase Kicks in Next Month
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- Estate Planning FAQs: Can a Trust Protect Family Wealth?
- When Is an Estate Tax Return Due?
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- What Is a CLAT?
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- IRS Raises Gift and Estate Tax Exclusion for 2015
- How Does a Power of Attorney Terminate?
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- What Is a Revocable Living Trust?
- Estate Planning FAQs: Is There More Than One Type of Will?
- What Is a Totten Trust?
- What Is the Most Important Estate Planning Document?
- How Is Property Distributed If There Is No Last Will?
- Educate Yourself During National Estate Planning Awareness Week
- Category: Estate Planning
- Grantor Trusts Provide Flexibility and Ease
- Selecting an Agent
- Nongrantor Trusts Can Be Very Useful in Certain Situations
- Is It Better to Have a Will or a Trust?
- Does a Living Trust Provide Asset Protection?
- Trusts Can Satisfy Varied Objectives
- What Can Happen if You Don’t Have a Long Island Estate Planning Attorney?
- What is the Difference Between Estate Planning vs Legacy Planning?
- Beware of Scams Involving New Medicare Cards
- Smithtown Estate Planning Lawyers Explain Key Reasons to Make Advanced Directives
- When a Will Isn’t Enough for Your Estate Plan
- Top Estate Planning Mistakes
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- Insurance You Need to Protect Your Assets
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- Category: Estate Plans
- Gay Couples Must Plan Ahead–Even In New York
- Take Our Estate Planning IQ Quiz
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- What Is a Qualified Personal Residence Trust?
- What Is the Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax?
- What Is the Difference Between a Guardianship and a Power of Attorney?
- When Would I Want To Use a Special Needs Trust?
- How Do You Stretch an IRA?
- Is a Revocable Living Trust Only for the Rich?
- Will My Heirs Be Forced to Pay an Inheritance Tax?
- Is Your Estate Plan Part of a Holistic Financial Plan?
- Is Probate Always Required?
- Why Would I Want a Revocable Living Trust?
- What Is a QDOT Trust?
- What Is a QTIP Trust?
- Trusts for Estate Tax Efficiency
- When Does a Power of Attorney Become Effective?
- Do All Trusts Preserve Wealth?
- What Is the Cost of Probate?
- “Green Book” Released; Estate Tax Rate Hike Proposed
- What Is a Supplemental Needs Trust?
- Will I Still Have Control of My Property if I Establish a Revocable Living Trust?
- New York State Estate Tax Exclusion Has Increased
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- Four Essential Estate Planning Documents
- Estate Planning: Communication Is Key
- Estate Planning Myths Debunked
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- Have You Ever Wondered About Pet Trusts?
- What Your Estate Planning Attorney Needs to Know
- 529 Plan, Minor’s Gifting Trust, or UTMA
- Guardians: The Basics
- Top Three Reasons People Choose Living Trusts
- Secretariat & Estate Planning
- First Estate Planning Consultation: A Primer
- Don’t Assume When It Comes to Revocable Living Trusts
- Fewer Affluent Individuals Prioritizing Inheritance Preservation
- Wills Can Be Used in Combination
- What Is a POD Account?
- What Is the Annual Gift Tax Exclusion?
- Will You Consult With an Estate Planning Lawyer in 2014?
- What Is the Nomination of a Guardian?
- Can I Give Tax-Free Gifts to My Children?
- DIY Last Wills: Don’t Be Fooled
- What Happens to a Living Trust When One Spouse Dies?
- Large Inheritances Tend to Evaporate
- Will Forgery Is a Crime
- Can Someone Contest a Trust?
- How Long Does the Probate Process in Smithtown NY Take?
- What Is Joint Tenancy With Right of Survivorship in Smithtown NY?
- What Is a Guardianship or Conservatorship?
- Powerball Provides Estate Tax Insight
- Buss Estate Plan Enables Children to Run Lakers
- Things a Last Will Can and Can’t Accomplish
- How Is My Property Transferred If I Die Intestate in Smithtown New York?
- Estate Tax Exclusion Increased for 2014
- Estate Taxes Consume Significant Portion of Koch Estate
- Life Estate Can Be Part of the Plan
- Three FAQs About Estate Planning
- Doors Keyboardist Manzarek Crafted Strong Legacy
- QDT Provides for a Foreign Spouse
- Inheritance Disputes Come to Reality TV
- Beware of Risky Estate Planning Shortcuts
- What Happens If I Become Incapacitated?
- When Should I Use My Gift/Estate Tax Exclusion?
- Legacy Wealth Planning in Long Island NY: How It Differs from Traditional Estate Planning
- Can I Leave a Tax-Free Inheritance to My Spouse?
- What Does a Power of Attorney Accomplish?
- Estate Planning in Smithtown NY: Taxes Are Only a Partial Concern
- Lessons Learned From Steve McNair Estate
- Revocable Living Trust in Smithtown NY: Does It Provide Asset Protection?
- What Is Estate Planning in Smithtown New York?
- Estate Tax in Long Island New York: How Large of an Estate Can Pass Federal Estate Tax Free?
- Is a Durable Power of Attorney Necessary in New York?
- New York Estate Planning FAQ: What Is Probate?
- Dying Without a Trust or Last Will: What’s the Outcome?
- New York Special Needs Trusts: Preserve Benefit Eligibility
- Can Probate Be Avoided?
- Long Island Intestacy Laws: What’s the Outcome if I’m Single When I Die?
- Does Your Living Trust Reflect Your Current Wishes?
- Estate Tax Issue at Root of Supreme Court Case
- DIY Wills & Living Trusts: Understand the Dangers
- Prenuptial Agreements & Remarriage Statistics
- Low Rates Make GRATs Attractive
- NY Daily News: Taxes to Slash Gandolfini Estate
- Estate & Gift Tax FAQS
- Marilyn Monroe and Jim Morrison: Two Estate Plans Gone Awry
- Avoiding Probate With a Revocable Living Trust
- 529 College Plan Can Benefit Younger Heir
- Estate Planning Benefits of Roth IRA
- Future Incapacity May Be More Likely Than You Think
- Wealthy New York Holocaust Survivor Died Intestate
- Life Insurance Can Be Estate Planning Solution
- Do You Have Questions About Charities?
- DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT CHARITIES?
- Affluent Gay Couples Could Benefit From Supreme Court Decision
- Google Helps Users Prepare for Digital Afterlife
- Three Often Overlooked Estate Plan Components
- Will We See Higher Estate Tax in 2018?
- IRS Handling Higher Volume of Gift Tax Forms
- Don’t Be Among Those Who Make These Mistakes
- Take Steps to Prevent Dissonant Family Dynamic
- Closure Finally Arrives in Hemsley Estate Matter
- Taxable Value of Home Can Be Reduced
- Married Couples Should Understand Portability
- Trust Terms: You Have Options
- Beware of Improperly Executed Last Will
- Confidential Agreement Reached in Kinkade Case
- Former Television Stars Receive Unexpected Bequests
- Federal Estate Tax & Married NY Same-Sex Couples
- INHERITANCE PLANNING: WHAT IF SPOUSES CAN’T AGREE?
- What Is a “Wait a While” Trust?
- Larry Hagman Foundation & Legacy Planning
- Unusual Estate Tax Case Finally Resolved
- Make 2013 the Year You Seize Control of Your Future
- Have You Calculated Your Current Net Worth?
- Question for Procrastinators: What About the Children?
- Are Private Family Foundations Only for Billionaires?
- Authorize a Representative to Make Final Arrangements
- Category: Estate Tax
- 2019 Estate Tax News for Wealthy Long Islanders
- Does a Living Trust Allow You to Avoid Estate Tax?
- What is the Difference Between Inheritance Tax and Estate Tax?
- Is New York Estate Tax the Same As Federal Estate Tax?
- What is the New York Estate Tax Rate?
- Are Estate Taxes Assessed on Married Couples?
- What Is The Unlimited Marital Estate Tax Deduction
- Category: Estate Tax in New York
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- Category: Federal Estate Tax
- Category: Final Arrangements
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- What Happens if You Die in Debt?
- Creating a Joint Tenancy With Your Child: Pros & Cons
- Is Retirement in Your Future?
- How to Avoid Common Retirement Plan Mistakes
- How Long Will You Continue Working?
- Social Security Figures Underscore Importance of Retirement Planning
- Take Pause Before Buying Into HECM Solution
- BC Sloan Center: Higher Percentage of Elders Still Working
- Category: General
- Category: Guardianship
- When is it Time to Hire a Smithtown Guardianship Attorney?
- What Do You Need to Know If You’re Named as Guardian
- How Abuses of Guardianship Can Harm Seniors
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- What is the Difference Between a Guardianship and a Power of Attorney
- When Would a Guardianship Become Necessary?
- Category: Guardianship in New York
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- Confront the Eventualities of Aging
- Smithtown Elders Should Consider Incapacity Planning
- Long Island Incapacity Planning Attorney Explains How to Start Managing the Finances of an Elderly Relative in this Forbes Article
- Who Should Get Help from a Long Island Inheritance Attorney?
- What Are Advance Directives for Health Care
- Don’t Overlook Advance Directives for Health Care
- Will My Power of Attorney Be Effective After My Death?
- Do You Lose Control When You Create a Power of Attorney?
- Who Handles My Affairs If I Become Incapacitated?
- What Are Advance Directives for Health Care?
- Why Do I Need a Power of Attorney?
- Who Can Act as an Agent Under a Power of Attorney?
- Why Is Incapacity Planning Important?
- Who Can Create a Power of Attorney?
- Should I Have a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care?
- Power of Attorney in Smithtown, New York: What Is the Difference Between a Limited and a General POA?
- Authorize Release of Medical Records
- Category: Inheritance Tax in New York
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- Category: legal education
- Category: LGBTQ Estate Planning
- Category: Living Will
- Category: Long Term Care
- Is Long-Term Care Insurance a Good Option to Pay for Nursing Home Care?
- How Much Does Long-Term Care Actually Cost?
- What are Options for Long-Term Care?
- Free Report: Long-Term Care Are You Getting Prepared
- Free Report: Does Medicare Pay for Long-Term Care in New York
- Important Facts About Long-term Care
- Can I Use Joint Tenancy to Avoid Medicaid Recovery?
- Category: Lving Trust
- Differences Between Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts
- Five Reasons to Create a Living Trust Today
- A Living Trust is Key if You’re the Family Breadwinner
- How a Living Trust Helps Same Sex Couples
- How Old Do I Have to be to Make a Living Trust?
- 4 Reasons to Create a Living Trust
- How Can You Take Advantage of Living Trust Benefits?
- Is a Living Trust Right for You?
- Can A Living Trust Include Spendthrift Protection
- Free Report: Revocable Living Trust in New York – Does It Provide Asset Protection?
- Category: Medicaid
- Long Island Medicaid Lawyers Will Help Make Sure You Get Care Medicare Doesn’t Cover
- Can Medicaid Take Your Inheritance?
- Why Your Heirs Need You To Talk to Long Island Medicaid Attorneys
- Don’t Wait Until You’re Old to Contact Smithtown Medicaid Lawyers
- Top Mistakes Medicaid Lawyer Help You Avoid
- 5 Things Medicaid Attorneys Wish You Knew
- The First Medicaid Eligible Memory Care Assisted Living Facility Opens in New York
- Why Medicaid is Important to Seniors
- Medicaid Planning Attorneys Offer Tips for Caregivers
- How Medicare’s Two-Midnight Rule Makes Getting Nursing Home Care Difficult
- Common Mistakes in Medicaid Planning
- What are the Risks to Seniors Who Don’t Have a Nursing Home Plan?
- What Does Skilled Nursing Care Mean and Why Does it Matter?
- Can You Give Away Your Wealth to Get Medicaid?
- Long Island Medicaid Planning Attorneys Explain Concern over Medicaid Cuts
- Three Ways Medicaid Attorneys Help You Plan for Nursing Home Care
- How Many Seniors Get Help from Medicaid?
- How Could New Healthcare Legislation Change Medicaid?
- What is Medicaid Estate Recovery and Does it Apply to You?
- Why Parents Of a Disabled Child Need a Long Island Medicaid Lawyer
- Is Emergency Medicaid Available to Provide Fast Access to Care?
- Can You Get Medicaid if You Are On Disability?
- How Much Are Medicaid Benefits?
- What are the Most Important Medicaid Benefits?
- What is Medicaid?
- Ways to Meet Medicaid Eligibility Requirements
- How Do You Check Eligibility for Medicaid
- Does Medicaid Cover More than Medicare for Seniors?
- Why is New York Medicaid Eligibility Important to You?
- Free Report: How Can I Leave Assets To My Spouse Free of the New York Estate
- Free Report: Is There a New York Mediciad Asset Limit
- Free Report: What Is the Five Year Medicaid Look-Back
- Is Medicaid Strictly For the Poor
- What Is The New York Medicaid Five Year Look Back
- Category: Medicaid Planning
- High Nursing Home Care Costs Make Medicaid Planning Essential
- Advice on Picking the Right Nursing Home from Long Island Medicaid Lawyers
- Do You Really Need a Medicaid Plan if You Have Medicare?
- Why Do So Many People Need to Make a Medicaid Plan?
- How to Choose a Nursing Home That Provides High Quality Care
- How Medicaid Planning Helps Ensure You Can Get Essential Care as a Senior
- Key Reasons Not to Wait to Make a Medicaid Plan
- Former Ellis CEO Becomes Nursing Home Administrator
- What Caregivers Need to Know About Medicaid
- Do You Need a Long Island Medicaid Attorney if You Have Medicare?
- Telemedicine Startup Moves to Long Island
- What are Medicaid Requirements for Getting Nursing Home Care Paid for?
- Long-Term Care Costs are Rising in Long Island
- Free Report: New York Medicaid Planning: What Can the Healthy Spouse Keep
- Free Report: Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Medicaid Planning in New York
- Category: Medicare
- Category: Medicare and Medicaid in New York
- Category: Parents w/Young Children
- Category: Pet Planning
- Category: Power of Attorney
- What is a Springing Power of Attorney?
- What Happens if it is Too Late for a Power of Attorney?
- What Do You Need to do To Create a Durable Power of Attorney?
- What does Durable Mean in a Durable Power of Attorney?
- Who To Choose as Your Agent When You Create a Power of Attorney
- What Is a Springing Durable Power of Attorney?
- When Does a Power of Attorney Terminate
- Durable Powers of Attorney in Long Island NY: What Are their Advantages?
- Category: Probate
- Five Ways to Avoid Probate
- Does a Smithtown Revocable Living Trust Allow You to Avoid Probate?
- Are You Ready for Smithtown Probate?
- What to Expect if You’re an Executor
- Smithtown Probate Attorneys Offer Advice on What to Do After a Loved One Dies
- How to Make the Probate Process Less Stressful
- Top Reasons Your Heirs Would Prefer Trust Administration to Probate
- Understanding Guardianship Proceedings in Probate Court
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- 5 Times You Can Contest a Will
- 5 Ways Probate Lawyers Help Executors
- 5 Problems That Can Arise During Probate
- Who Takes Care of Estate Assets During Probate?
- What if You Don’t Do Your Job as Executor of a Will?
- Can a Long Island Probate Lawyer Help Probate Move Faster?
- What to Expect in Suffolk County Probate Court
- Top Reasons for Avoiding Probate
- Questions to Ask a Long Island Probate Attorney
- What Types of Assets are Considered Probate Assets?
- Is Probate Necessary If the Estate is Small?
- What Does Intestate Probate Mean?
- How to Reduce the Cost of Probate
- How Does a Long Island Probate Attorney Help Defend a Will Contest?
- What are the New York Laws if You Die Intestate?
- Steps Executors Must Take During Long Island Probate
- Ways a Probate Attorney Can Help an Executor
- What Are Some Problems That Can Arise During Probate?
- Is New York Probate Always Required
- Free Report: What are the Drawbacks of Probate in New York
- What Are the Drawbacks of Probate in New York
- Free Report: New York Probate: Can It be Avoided
- Can New York Probate Be Avoided
- Why Would Probate Avoidance Be Beneficial?
- New York Estate Planning FAQ: What is Probate
- Is Probate Really a Problem?
- Why Would I Want to Avoid Probate?
- What Is the Uniform Probate Code?
- Should I Avoid Probate at All Costs?
- What Are the Drawbacks of Probate?
- Category: Probate Process in New York
- Category: qualified Terminable Interest Property Trust in New York
- Category: Retirement Planning
- How Smithtown Elder Law Attorneys Help You Become More Financially Secure in Retirement
- How Elder Law Attorneys Help You Save for Retirement
- Elder Law Attorneys Can Help You Decide When to Retire
- How Divorce Could Dertail Your Retirement Plans
- What Tax Breaks Can I Get for Retirement Savings?
- Can I Invest in an IRA if I’m Young?
- Why Your Credit Cards Shouldn’t Retire When You Do
- How Much Should Seniors Be Saving for Healthcare Costs During Retirement?
- Three Facts That Will Impact Your Retirement Plan
- Social Security Administration: No COLA for 2016
- Should I Take an Early Social Security Benefit?
- Retirement Planning FAQs: Will Medicare Cover All of My Medical Expenses?
- Why Is Retirement Planning Important?
- What Can I Expect From Social Security?
- Are There Different Types of Individual Retirement Accounts?
- Top Three Retirement Planning Misconceptions
- Social Security: How, When & How Much?
- Category: Revocable Living Trusts
- Category: Small Business Planning
- Category: Social Security
- Category: Special Needs Planning
- Special Needs Planning and Medicaid Recovery
- Planning for a Person With Special Needs
- Special Needs Planning Can Preserve Benefits
- Making Plans for the Care of a Special Needs Child
- Why is Special Needs Planning Important to Ensure Continued Access to Medical Care?
- Special Needs Planning & Medicaid Estate Recovery Rules
- Can an Inheritance Cause a Loss of Government Benefits?
- Our Forbes Article Explains Special Needs Planning
- What Is a Third Party Special Needs Trust?
- Are There Different Types of Special Needs Trusts?
- How Much Does a Special Needs Trust Cost?
- Medicaid, SSI, and Special Needs Trusts
- Four Reasons to Use A Special Needs Trusts
- Category: Special Needs Trust in New York
- Category: Supplemental Needs Trust
- Category: Taxes
- Category: Trust
- What is the Purpose of a Revocable Living Trust?
- Why Smithtown Trust Attorneys Should be Consulted If You Have a Disabled Child
- How Do You Terminate a Trust?
- How Smithtown Trust Lawyers Work with You to Protect The People You Love
- Pros and Cons of a Smithtown Revocable Trust
- When Should You Talk to Long Island Trust Lawyers?
- What is a Revocable Living Trust?
- Living Trusts Allow Heirs to Skip the Probate Process: What Does That Mean for You?
- How a Living Trust Gives You More Control Over Assets
- Smithtown Trust Attorneys Explain Why a Trust May Be Better Than a Will
- 5 Things Long Island Trust Lawyers Want You to Know
- Most Common Trust Mistakes
- Is it Harder to Contest a Living Trust?
- Three Reasons Trust Beneficiaries Should Talk with a Hauppauge Trust Attorney
- What if You Make the Wrong Kind of Trust?
- Do You Need a Trust Attorney to Make a Trust?
- What to Know About Being a Trust Beneficiary
- Who Should be the Trustee of a Living Trust?
- Do You Need a Qualified Domestic Trust
- 4 Signs You Need to Talk to a Long Island Trust Lawyer
- 4 Common Mistakes When Creating a Trust
- How Does a Spendthrift Trust Work?
- Can You Ever Change an Irrevocable Trust?
- Preparing to Meet with a Long Island Trust Attorney
- Top Asset protection Benefits of Irrevocable Trusts
- How a Long Island Trusts Attorney Helps You Protect Your Heirs
- Is There a National Association of Trust Lawyers?
- Trust Lawyers Can Guide the Process
- What Is a New York Qualified Domestic Trust
- Free Report: What Is a Qualified Residence Trust in New York
- Category: Uncategorized
- Category: Veterans Aid and Attendance
- Category: Wills and Trusts
- Key Downsides to a Will
- How Can You Reduce the Chances of Your Will Being Contested?
- How a Long Island Elder Law Lawyer Can Help Update Your Will
- Are DIY Wills a Good Choice for Anyone?
- Do You Need Legal Help Creating a Simple Will?
- Estate Planning 101
- What Is A Living Will in New York
- Fact vs. Fiction in Creating a Will
- Three Reasons You Need a Pour-over Will with a Trust
- What Do I Need to Know about Choosing Trustees and Other Trusted Helpers?
- How are Changes Made to My Trust?
- A Living Trust Cannot Do This for Your Estate….
- Category: Wills in New York
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FAQ
- Is a Living Trust a good idea for a LGBTQ person?
- Do unmarried couples have to plan more than married couples do?
- Are my estate planning documents a matter of public record?
- Is there a tax if I give some of my property to my spouse or partner?
- Will my spouse or partner be appointed guardian of my minor child?
- Can I make decisions about my spouse or partner’s remains?
- How can I be sure that I will be allowed to visit my spouse or partner in the hospital or assisted living facility?
- Can my spouse or partner make medical decisions for me if I’m sick?
- Can my spouse or partner handle my financial affairs if I am incapacitated?
- I’m married, why do I need to plan?
- Does marriage, domestic partnership or civil union provide all the benefits of marriage?
- How do you prevent a guardianship?
- What happens if you become incapacitated without planning for it in advance?
- We have all heard of Alzheimer’s disease, but it’s relatively rare, right?
- Most people that are in their 70s are not incapacitated. Since the average lifespan is 78, why should I worry about incapacity?
- How can an attorney help with wills and trusts?
- Why would your heirs prefer trust administration to probate?
- What are the pros and cons of a revocable trust?
- How does a trust give you more control over assets?
- Do you need a last will and testament?
- I own a farm, and the land is valuable, but I don’t make a huge amount of money. Will my family face estate tax exposure?
- Is there a succession strategy for small business partners?
- Are there any other asset protection structures for businesses and real estate investors?
- What are the benefits of a limited liability company?
- Do you need a Long Island Medicaid attorney if you have Medicare?
- How much are Medicaid benefits?
- What are the most important Medicaid benefits?
- Is emergency Medicaid available to provide access to care?
- What is Medicaid?
- How can a trust administration attorney help you?
- Can someone contest a trust?
- What is a living trust successor trustee?
- Who administers a living trust when you pass away?
- What advantages do trusts provide?
- Can a Long Island probate lawyer help probate move faster?
- What if you don’t do your job as executor of a will?
- Who takes cares of estate assets during probate?
- Can probate be avoided?
- What do I do about Social Security?
- How do I transfer the car(s) into my name?
- Can I pick and choose what assets go into the “B” trust?
- I thought that a living trust avoids probate and attorney fees. Why do I have to pay more fees?
- Does the Trust Administration process take a long time?
- What is Probate Court?
- Does the Probate process take a long time?
- What is Probate?
- Is a Living Trust a good idea for a LGBTQ person?
- Do unmarried couples have to plan more than married couples do?
- Are my estate planning documents a matter of public record?
- Is there a tax if I give some of my property to my spouse or partner?
- Will my spouse or partner be appointed guardian of my minor child?
- an I make decisions about my spouse or partner’s remains?
- How can I be sure that I will be allowed to visit my spouse or partner in the hospital or assisted living facility?
- Can my spouse or partner make medical decisions for me if I’m sick?
- Can my spouse or partner handle my financial affairs if I am incapacitated?
- I am in an unmarried relationship, do I need to plan?
- I am married, why do I need to plan?
- Does same-sex marriage, domestic partnership, or civil union provide all the benefits of heterosexual marriage?
- How will my income tax return get filed?
- What happens if my son needs his tuition paid while I’m disabled?
- What happens if my investments need to be changed quickly due to market conditions or to reflect new circumstances and risk tolerance?
- How will my bills get paid?
- If I have no chance of recovery, will I be kept on life support?
- Who will decide medical treatment issues?
- Who will decide where I live?
- What credentials should you look for in estate planning attorneys?
- What are some top causes of disputes in estate litigation?
- Who should you choose as your agent when you create a power of attorney?
- Does a revocable trust protect your assets?
- Are estate taxes assessed on married couples?
- When should you start planning a will?
