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

Do You Need a New Will if You Just Had a Child? Do you need more than a Will?What is an Individualized Education Plan?How to Choose a Right Guardian For My Child?

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

Elder Law

3 Tests You Must Pass to Qualify for Medicaid Home Care in New YorkWays to Pay for Long-Term CareHow to Talk to an Aging Unsafe Driver

Espanol

Poder notarial - un documento importante que cada adulto debe firmar

Estate Planning

Reasons To Use An Irrevocable Life Insurance TrustEstate Planning with CryptocurrencyAm I Responsible For The Debts Of My Loved One?

Family

Can You Force Your Adult Drug-addicted Child to Go to a Rehab Facility?Why You Should NEVER Give The House To Your Kids OutrightHow to Choose a Right Estate Planning Attorney

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 Drug-addicted Child to Go to a Rehab Facility?Removing the Executor of the EstatePsychiatric Advance Directives (PAD) – are they different from a regular health care proxy?

History

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

Incapacity Planning

How to Choose a Right Guardian For My Child?New video has been posted about a Power of AttorneyWhat is a healthcare proxy?

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

What happens if there are not enough assets in the Estate to pay all claimsAccount Closures and CancellationsBasics of Planning a Funeral

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 Planning

3 Common Mistakes Parents Make When Planning For Special Needs ChildrenWhat is an Individualized Education Plan?You can now have a savings account for a disabled child! ABLE Accounts are a new savings vehicle that everyone with a disabled relative should know about.

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

Why Do You Need a Power of Attorney3 Tests You Must Pass to Qualify for Medicaid Home Care in New YorkCan you qualify for Medicaid if you have a large Retirement Account?

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?