Your estate plan serves as a major component of how you will handle your end-of-life experience, and how your loved ones will handle your matters after your death. Thus, it is crucial that your plan remain up to date with the actual happenings in your life. After...
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How do you plan your estate after starting a business?
Starting a new business venture serves as an exciting and fun way to mark a new chapter in your life. However, you also need to plan for the potential uncertainties that the future may hold, especially with a business at stake. Estate planning should serve as a...
3 key components every estate plan should have
Many young people across New York and the nation put off estate planning. Sometimes, they do so because they feel they do not have valuable enough assets to warrant one. Other times, they do so because they believe it takes considerable time and money to create one....
What to address in a living will
No one likes to think about what might happen in the event of a serious accident, crash or illness. However, having certain plans in place may go a long way in terms of taking some of the strain off of your loved ones and ensuring your wishes come to fruition. Per the...
How can you choose an executor?
As you work on your estate plan, do you have an executor for your will? CNBC explains the importance of having an executor that you can trust. Here are some questions to ask yourself when choosing an executor. Is your choice organized? Your estate refers to everything...
What to address in a living will
When a medical emergency arises, a living will gives you control over what happens when you are unable to express your wishes out loud. New York does not have a standard living will outline, but there are a number of areas you may want to address when putting together...
New parents need a will
As a new parent, you prepared for the arrival of your child in many practical ways, such as buying diapers and opening a college fund. Now, prepare a will. You may not feel ready to think about estate planning at such a young age. Yet for new parents, thinking of the...
Implementing an advance directive to strengthen your protection
Thinking about the worst-case scenario regarding your health can be difficult. But what if, in the future, you stopped breathing due to declining health? Would your loved ones know whether you wanted to be resuscitated or receive life-saving treatment? Or what if you...
A comprehensive estate plan can ensure loved ones are protected
In New York State and across the United States, recent events have shown just how quickly a person’s fortunes can turn. This is true for everyone whether they are young or old, healthy or have medical issues. To be fully prepared for the future, a comprehensive estate...
Revocable Living Trust V. Last Will
For many years attorneys in New York have debated the merits of using a Revocable Living Trust (RLT) or a Last Will and Testament (LWT) as the estate planning tool of choice. The Covid19 pandemic with its resulting closure of the Surrogate’s Courts in New York State...
