Medicaid amendment may impact estates
New York has typically declined to go after individuals’ estates when attempting to recover Medicaid payments, but, thanks to the recently enacted state budget, that will no longer be the case, and...
View ArticleLawyers focus on same-sex married couples
New York now recognizes same-sex marriages, but once all the rice has been thrown, the last photo taken and the cake cut, newlyweds are waking up to realize the rights they’re entitled to aren’t nearly...
View ArticlePenton Media launches T&E iPad app
Need tips on estate planning and wealth management? Yes, there’s even an app for that. New York City-based Penton Media today launched “Trusts & Estates Plus” for iPad in the Apple App Store. The...
View ArticleFinancial planning key for special needs
A concern for parents of a child with special needs is what will happen after they’re gone. Wealth managers are establishing trusts for such families.
View ArticleWhere to move assets out of state
When it comes to setting up a non-grantor, non-distributing trust, New York State doesn't make it easy. Diefendorf Capital Planning Associates found a solution.
View ArticleLI lawyers who stay put
The day after Thanksgiving 1982, Marc Hamroff, then a third-year law student, interviewed for a clerk job at a new law firm co-founded by one of his professors. “Of course, I showed up for the...
View ArticleSettlement videos take on a starring role
Lights, camera, settlement. That’s the idea behind “settlement videos,” a legal tool with a high price tag and a successful track record.
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