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- Article 81 Of The Mental Hygiene Law Amended Effective December 2004
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- Basics of Medicaid Eligibility
- Best Lawyers Names Westchester Elder Law Attorney Anthony J. Enea a "Lawyer of the Year" in Elder Law
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- Best Lawyers Recognizes Two Attorneys at Westchester County Elder Law Firm Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP
- Best Lawyers Recognizes Two Attorneys at Westchester County Elder Law Firm Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP
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- Can I still Protect My Assets If I Need Long Term Care in the Immediate Future?
- Can New Yorkers Afford Medicaid Homecare & Nursing Home For All?
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- Court of Appeals Rules Personal Representative of an Estate May Sue Estate Planners for Malpractice
- Death During a Car Lease Can be Very Expensive!
- Definition of "Estate" Expanded for Medicaid Recovery Purposes
- Does a Joint Bank Account Automatically Contain a Right of Survivorship?
- Don’t Worry Honey, You Will Get My Diamond Ring When I Die: Steps you can take to Ensure it Actually Happens!
- Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano Named “Best Law Firm” by Best Lawyers for Fourteenth Consecutive Year
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- Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP attorneys help raise $1.5 million for charity
- Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP Welcomes Associate Attorney Stella King
- Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLPWelcomes Associate Attorney Stella King
- Estate Planning for Digital Assets
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- Factors that Help Determine Whether a Senior Is a Victim of Elder Abuse
- Factors to Consider When Naming a Health Care Agent
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- Factors To Consider When transferring A Residence For Elder Law And Estate Planning Purposes: A Primer
- Finally Some Estate Tax Relief for New Yorkers
- First Steps to Take when a Loved One Passes Away
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- Have Your DRA Proofed Your Power of Attorney
- Heightened Anxiety for Parents of Children with Disabilities
- Home is Where the Heart is: The Medicaid Home Care Alternative
- Honey, I Want You to Have My Rolex When I Die: What Steps Can You Take To Ensure It Actually Happens
- How Can I Protect My Home with Minimal Impact on My Life?
- How Silver Divorce adds a Wrinkle to your Estate Plan
- How the Use of a Revocable or Irrevocable Trust Can Simplify the Conveyance of a Second Home Located in Another State Upon Death
- How To Avoid Five Common Estate and Elder Law Planning Mistakes
- How to Avoid the “Double Whammy”
- How to Distinguish Yourself From Those Dabbling in Elder Law
- How to Prevent a Family Conflict in the Event of Incapacity
- How to Prevent Family Conflicts in the Event of Incapacity
- How to Stay in Control of your Affairs after an Alzheimer’s or Dementia Diagnosis
- How Will a Trump Administration Impact Estate Taxes and Medicaid Benefits for Long Term Care?
- If Covid-19 Is Not Enough to Motivate You to Get Your Estate and Elder Law Planning and Affairs in Order, What Is?
- If I Want to Protect My Home For Long Term Care Purposes What Are My Options?
- Is a Do Not Resuscitate Order (DNR) Appropriate for You?
- Is a Trust for my Pet a Viable Option?
- Is America Prepared for an Alzheimer's Crisis?
- Is It Ever Too Late To Do Medicaid Planning?
- Is it Time for You to Have the Long-Term Care Planning Talk with Your Parents?
- Is it Too Late for Me to Protect My Savings From the Cost of Long Term Care?
- Is Medicaid Home Care an Option Available to Me or My Loved Ones?
- Is the Commencement of a Guardianship Proceeding Necessary?
- Is This an Opportune Time to Gift Your Commercial Real Estate Holdings for Estate and Gift Tax Planning Purposes?
- Is this the Season for Gifting?
- Is Your Power of Attorney Ready for the Digital Era?
- Issues Small Business Owners Need to Address When Implementing an Estate Plan
- Ladies and Gentlemen Please Start Expressing Your Burial Wishes!
- Life insurance can be an underused part of estate planning
- Making Sense of the 2022 Changes to the Medicaid Home Care Program!
- Medicaid Expands Definition of Estate
- Medicaid Planning in an Article 81 Proceeding
- Merely Creating an LLC Doesn’t Automatically Give You Personal Protection Against Potential Claims and Creditors of the LLC
- Mom and Dad (Grandparents) Can you Please Lend Me Some Money? The Unintended Consequences
- Mom and Dad (Grandparents), Can You Please Lend Me Some Money?: The Unintended Consequences.
- Network of Bar Leaders Legislative Breakfast
- New Medicaid Eligibility Rules Make Asset Protection Planning an Urgent Need!
- New Transfer Of Asset Rules Makes Advanced Planning For Medicaid Eligibility Imperative!
- New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act: What You Should Know
- New York’s Proposed Aid-in-Dying Bill: What You Should Know
- Not all Powers of Attorney are Created Equally
- Owning Bitcoin May Complicate Your Estate Plan and Income Taxes
- Pace University's Haub Law Announces $25,000 Scholarship Gift from Westchester Elder Law Attorney Anthony J. Enea
- Pandemics and Planning: Lessons Learned
- Peter Falk’s Law Becomes a Reality in New York
- Planning For Families With Disabled Loved Ones
- Planning To Protect Real Property From The Cost Of Long Term Care
- Probate and Its Problems
- Protecting the Primary Residence From The Cost Of a Nursing Home In A Post-DRA World
- Protecting Your Home From The Costs Of Long Term Care
- Protecting Your Loved Ones and Friends from Elder Abuse
- Punishment For The Procrastinators: The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
- Review and Analysis of the AIP's Real and Personal Property
- Revocable Living Trusts: The Facts and Fiction
- Revocable or Irrevocable Trust
- Seniors and the Disabled Get a Needed Reprieve from the Imposition of the new Penalty and Lookback Period for Community Medicaid
- Separated But Not Divorced: The Long Term Care Planning Implications
- Separated But Not Divorced: The Long Term Care Planning Implications #2
- Seven Factors to Consider Prior to Commencing a Guardianship Proceeding Under Article 81 of the MHL
- Should You Consider a Hybrid Long-Term Care Policy as Part of Your Long-Term Planning?
- Should You Have a Third Party SNT for a Disabled Loved One?
- Single parents: Protect your children with a proper estate plan
- Single parents: Protect your children with a proper estate plan
- Special Needs Trust - A Primer
- Super Lawyers Honors Five Attorneys at Westchester County Elder Law Firm Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP
- Super Lawyers Honors Five Attorneys at Westchester County Elder Law Firm Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP 2023
- Super Lawyers Recognizes Five Attorneys at Westchester County Elder Law Firm Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP
- The ABCs of SNTs
- The Basics of Hospice Care
- The Case for Making Home Care the First Option for Seniors
- The Consequences of Being in Denial About a Loved One’s Deteriorating Condition
- The Cost of Long Term Care Remains the Greatest Threat to the Financial Well Being of New York Seniors
- The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Long Term Impact on Assisted Living Facilities and Nursing Homes
- The Deficit Reduction Act Of 2005 And Its Effect Upon Medicaid Eligibility
- The Deficit Reduction Act Of 2005 and Its Effect Upon Transfers Of Real Property For Long Term Care Planning Purposes
- The Devils is in the Details: How the Legal Title of Assets can Sabotage One’s Inter Vivos and Testamentary Estate Plans
- The Do’s and Don'ts of Administering a Special Needs Trust
- The Era of No Lookback Periods for Medicaid Homecare Is Finally Coming to an End In New York!
- The Family Health Care Decision Act: A New Chapter in Health Care Decision Making
- The Importance of a Proactive Approach to Estate Planning
- The Importance Of A Third Party SNT For A Disabled Loved One
- The Importance of Beneficiary and Contingent Beneficiary Designations for IRAs, 401ks, Life Insurance Policies and Annuities
- The Importance of Knowing the Rights of a Nursing Home Resident
- The New York Court of Appeals Rules Personal Representative of and Estate May Sue Estate Planners for Malpractice: The Practice Management Issues
- The NY ABLE ACT: A Primer
- The Problems with Probate
- The Repeal of DOMA Makes Estate and Long Term Care Planning Critical for Same Sex Married Couples
- The Revocable Living Trust: The Facts And The Fiction
- The Rights of a Nursing Home Resident
- The Treatment of Joint Accounts In An Article 81 Guardianship Proceeding
- The Use of Article 81 of the Mental Hygiene Law as an Effective Medicaid and Estate Planning Tool: A Primer
- Think Twice Before Shredding Your Account Statements
- Time to Re-focus on Protecting One’s Home From the Cost of Long Term Care
- Tips for Working with Attorneys
- Tis The Season for Gifting: Westchester Elder Law Attorney Anthony J. Enea Sheds Light on the Tax Implications
- Tis the Season to Consider Gifting!
- To Deed Or Not To Deed: Revisited
- To Gift or Not to Gift? Tis the Question for the Season!
- To Love, Honor And Cherish Until Medicaid Is Needed
- To UTMA or Not to UTMA?
- Transfer of a Primary Residence: The Tax and Long Term Care Consequences
- Two Years of Estate and Gift Tax Nirvana!
- Understanding the Consequences of not having a Last Will and Testament
- Utilizing Article 81 For Medicaid And Estate Planning Purposes After The Deficit Reduction Act Of 2005
- Utilizing Article 81 Guardianship in New York for Those Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Westchester County Elder Law Attorney Lauren C. Enea Recognized as 2022 Wunderkind
- Westchester County Elder Law Attorney Sara E. Meyers, Esq. Receives Certification from the National Elder Law Foundation
- Westchester County Elder Law Firm Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano Welcomes Associate Attorney Robert Arbuco
- Westchester Elder Law Attorney Anthony J. Enea Launches “Pandemics & Planning” YouTube Series
- Westchester Elder Law Attorney Anthony J. Enea Launches New ‘Talking Seniors’ Podcast
- Westchester Elder Law Attorney Anthony J. Enea Offers Insights on Estate Planning in 2020
- Westchester Elder Law Attorney Anthony J. Enea Sheds Light on COVID-19 Estate Planning Essentials
- Westchester Elder Law Attorney Anthony J. Enea Explores Assisted Living in a COVID-19 World
- Westchester Elder Law Attorney Anthony J. Enea Explores the Estate Implications of Divorce Later in Life
- Westchester Elder Law Attorney Anthony J. Enea Explores the Importance of Patient Advocacy and Advance Directives
- Westchester Elder Law Attorney Anthony J. Enea Explores When to Start Receiving Social Security Benefits
- Westchester elder law attorney anthony j. enea launches weekly facebook live estate planning series
- Westchester Elder Law Attorney Anthony J. Enea Named “Best Lawyer”
- Westchester Elder Law Attorney Anthony J. Enea Named 2022 “Best Lawyer”
- Westchester Elder Law Attorney Anthony J. Enea Offers Insights on New York’s Updated Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney
- Westchester Elder Law Attorney Anthony J. Enea Sheds Light on New Medicaid Home Care Eligibility Rules
- Westchester Elder Law Attorney Anthony J. Enea Sheds Light on Pooled Community Trusts for Medicaid Home Care
- Westchester Elder Law Attorney Anthony J. Enea Sheds Light on New York’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program
- Westchester Elder Law Attorney Anthony J. Enea Urges Estate Planning Haste Ahead of New Medicaid Home Care Lookback Period
- Westchester Elder Law Attorney Lauren C. Enea Offers Insights on Estate Planning for Younger Adults
- Westchester Elder Law Attorney Lauren C. Enea Recognized with Outstanding New Lawyer Award
- Westchester Elder Law Attorney Lauren C. Enea Recognized with Millennial Award
- Westchester Elder Law Attorney Lauren C. Enea Recognized with Millennial Award
- Westchester Elder Law Attorney Lauren C. Enea Sheds Light on Estate Planning for Younger Adults
- Westchester Elder Law Attorney Sara E. Meyers to Shed Light on Financial Elder Abuse and Senior Scams
- Westchester Elder Law Attorneys Anthony J. Enea and Lauren C. Enea Shed Light on the Durable Power of Attorney
- Westchester Elder Law Attorneys Anthony J. Enea and Michael P. Enea to Shed Light on Estate Taxes in Lunch & Learn Program
- Westchester Elder Law Attorneys Anthony J. Enea and Sara E. Meyers Named "Super Lawyers"
- Westchester Elder Law Attorneys Anthony J. Enea and Sara E. Meyers Named 2019 “Super Lawyers”
- Westchester Elder Law Attorneys Anthony J. Enea and Sara E. Meyers Named 2020 “Super Lawyers”
- Westchester Elder Law Attorneys Sara E. Meyers and Lauren C. Enea to Shed Light on Special Needs Planning
- Westchester Elder Law Attorneys Sara E. Meyers and Samantha A. Lyons to Shed Light on Aging in Place at Lunch & Learn Program
- Westchester Elder Law Firm Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano Welcomes Associate Attorney Michael P. Enea
- Westchester Elder Law Firm Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP Announce New Member Samantha A. Lyons
- Westchester Elder Law Firm Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP Launches Monthly Lunch & Learn Estate Planning Series
- What All Attorneys Should Know About Elder Law
- What Every Attorney Should Know About the New Durable Power of Attorney Form
- What Financial and Insurance Professionals Should Know About Elder Law: A Primer
- What Impact Will the Pandemic and The Presidential Election Have on Federal and New York Estate Tax Exemptions?
- What is a Pooled Community Trust and How Does it Help Keep New Yorkers in Their Homes?
- What Is a QPRT and How Can I Utilize It to My Advantage?
- What is an “ADL” and Why is it so Important to Medicaid Home Care Applicants?
- What is an Assisted Living Facility and is it the Right Place for You?
- What Is An Estate Planner To Do Without The Protections Of Strict Privity?
- When Am I Going Home?
- When is a Crisis a Medicaid Crisis?
- When Is A Gift Not A Gift For Medicaid Eligibility Purposes?
- Which is Best for Me: A Revocable or Irrevocable Trust?
- Why Being Classified Under "Observation" While in a Hospital Means Seniors Pay Thousands More
- Why Mom And Dad May Be Coming To Dinner And Not Leaving
- Why Tax Reform Makes Long Term Care Planning Even More Important
- Why the Failure to Plan for Your Long Term Care Can Have Devastating Consequences
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- Tis The Season for Gifting: Westchester Elder Law Attorneys Anthony J. Enea and Lauren C. Enea Shed Light on the Tax Implications
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