Medicaid Asset Protection Trust
Medicaid Asset Protection Trust Pros and Cons What is a Medicaid Asset Protection Trust? A Medicaid Asset Protection Trust (MAPT) is a vehicle used to …
How to Avoid Probate
How to Avoid Probate As a follow up to my How to Write Your Will Guide, I wanted to continue to help the google lawyer …
How to Fund Your Trust
How to Fund Your Trust It is important to properly fund your trust to ensure that your assets can be controlled by your named trustee …
How To Write Your Will
How to Write Your Will Although I am a NYC Estate Planning lawyer, I often play google doctor, google nurse, google psychologist, google plumber, google …
SCPA 1404 Discovery
Looking to Challenge a Will in NYC? (Conduct your SCPA 1404 Discovery First) Certain individuals can request SCPA 1404 discovery before objecting to a Will. …
How to Execute a Will in NY
A Will is a written instruction manual for disposing of your assets. It is a document that overrides the New York State default rules for …
Contest a Will in New York
Should You Contest a Will? Any person who is affected by a Last Will and Testament or a Trust may contest a will, or, challenge the Will, after it …
Spousal Right of Election
Spousal Right of Election In New York, a spouse is entitled to receive the protections of the Spousal Right of Election statute, codified as EPTL …
Estate Planning for Blended Families
Estate planning for blended families is important because of the competing interests between the children from the first marriage and the spouse from the second …
Can a Guardian Sell Property?
Can a Guardian Sell Property? Can a Guardian sell property belonging to his ward? Typically, such sale is subject to Court approval. Consider the following …