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Leaving A Loving Legacy

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Asset Protection

Estate Planning: The Implications of the New Biden PresidencyTop 5 Reasons for Asset ProtectionAsset Protection: Self-Settled Trusts vs. New York Based Trusts

Charitable Giving

Top 5 Estate Planning Hacks for 2019You Can Now Donate Your Lapsing Insurance Policy

Children

Can You Force Your Adult Child To Go To Drug Rehab?Who will be the guardian of my child after I am gone?Understanding Special Needs Trusts

Court Cases

Notable 2018 Supreme Court Decisions: Collection of State Sales Tax on Internet RetailersNotable 2018 Supreme Court Decisions: Compelled SpeechCalifornia Lawmakers resurrect the Right-To-Die Bill

Digital Assets

What to Know About Tax Implications of Buying, Owning, and Selling Cryptocurrency5 Things to Do Immediately to Protect Your Digital Assets, Including Crypto-Currency

Education

What is an Individualized Education Plan?

Elder Law

Recognizing and Preventing Elder Abuse3 Tests You Must Pass to Qualify for Medicaid Home Care in New YorkWays to Pay for Long-Term Care

Espanol

Poder notarial - un documento importante que cada adulto debe firmar

Estate Planning

Secure Your Legacy with the Harmony of Careful Planning. Let Aretha Franklin's Journey Inspire Your Own Estate Planning.Recognizing and Preventing Elder AbuseWho will be the guardian of my child after I am gone?

Family

Can You Force Your Adult Child To Go To Drug Rehab?Shana Tova!  Happy and sweet New Year 5784!  May this year bring you peace, health, joy, love and prosperity. Recognizing and Preventing Elder Abuse

General Life

Seven Immediate Actions to Take When Your Loved One Passes Away: How to close accounts, notify key authorities, access death benefits, and begin the administration processFor clients of Sverdlov Law - an offer from a Senior TrainerKonMari consultant explains the organizing / cleaning method that took the world by storm!

Government Benefits

Use free services to stay independentSnowbirds? Consider differences in State LawCan Medicaid place a lien against the apartment?

Guardianship

Can You Force Your Adult Child To Go To Drug Rehab?Making Decisions for a Mentally Ill AdultWho will be the guardian of my child after I am gone?

History

Celebrity Estates – the smart and the not-so-smart ways to leave the money.

Incapacity Planning

Recognizing and Preventing Elder AbuseABLE Accounts in New YorkHow to Choose a Right Guardian For My Child?

International

Estate and Income Tax Planning for non-US citizens. Part II – income and estate taxation of non-U.S. residentsEstate and Income Tax Planning for non-US citizens. Part I – determining U.S. residencyEstate Tax Planning Considerations for Foreign Nationals

Legal Trivia

Notable 2018 Supreme Court Decisions: Freedom of Religion vs. Anti-Gay DiscriminationNotable 2018 Supreme Court Decisions: Expectations of Privacy in a Digital AgeNotable 2018 Supreme Court Decisions: Travel Ban

Litigation

Must an Executor or a Trustee provide an Accounting?What Assets are Protected from Creditors?Are you at risk of getting sued, if you agree to act as a Fiduciary (Executors, Trustees and Agents under Power of Attorney)?

Marriage

Will My Child's Spouse Inherit My Money?Supreme Court to Decide Whether States Can Prohibit Same-Sex Marriage

Medicaid

3 Tests You Must Pass to Qualify for Medicaid Home Care in New YorkIs A Pooled Income Trust The Answer To My Getting My Parents Affordable Home Care?Can you Trust a Medicaid Pooled Income Trust to Preserve Your Money and Pay Your Bills?

Medical Marijuana

Medical Marijuana in New York

Nursing Homes

Is A Pooled Income Trust The Answer To My Getting My Parents Affordable Home Care?Can You Be Rich and Still Qualify for Medicaid?Is this the future of dementia care?

Pet

Planning for a Pet

Probate

3 Things to Remember When Administering an Estate in New York to Avoid LitigationHow Long Does Probate Take in New YorkWhat happens if there are not enough assets in the Estate to pay all claims

Retirement Benefits

Social Security changes coming in 2020Retitling Assets and Designating Proper BeneficiariesWhat are the current methods of maximizing one’s social security payments?

Social Security

Social Security Survival BenefitsSocial Security “Spousal Benefits” – the money you never knew you had!

Special Needs

ABLE Accounts in New YorkUnderstanding Special Needs TrustsWhy You Need a Power of Attorney Especially as a Special Needs Parent

Special Needs Planning

Recognizing and Preventing Elder AbuseABLE Accounts in New YorkUnderstanding Special Needs Trusts

Taxes

Estate Planning: The Implications of the New Biden PresidencyJoint Bank Accounts in New York: A Confusion of Law and IntentPlanning for a Childless Couple

Trusts

Reasons To Use An Irrevocable Life Insurance TrustWill My Child's Spouse Inherit My Money?Do You Need a New Will if You Just Had a Child? Do you need more than a Will?

Uncategorized

Shana Tova!  Happy and sweet New Year 5784!  May this year bring you peace, health, joy, love and prosperity. Secure Your Legacy with the Harmony of Careful Planning. Let Aretha Franklin's Journey Inspire Your Own Estate Planning.2023 INCLUDEnyc Fair

Will Challenge

Adoption Ends Inheritance Rights of Biological FamilyCryptoWills: What They Are and How They WorkWas your aunt unduly influenced by her neighbor when she transferred her house to him?

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Katya founded her law firm in order to provide her clients with more personal attention in resolving their legal matters in a timely and efficient…

Katya founded her law firm in order to provide her clients with more personal attention in resolving their legal matters in a timely and efficient way. Katya believes that one can enjoy life more fully when one’s affairs are in order, the assets are protected and one’s family is taken care of.

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