Estate Planning Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Living Wills and Healthcare Proxies

Free Consultations Available for

• Wills
• Trusts
• Living wills
• Powers of attorney
• Tax planning
• Irrevocable insurance trusts and charitable remainder and lead trusts
• GRATS - Grantor Retained Annuity Trust
• QPRTS - Qualified Personal Residence Trust
• Probate

Estate Planning FAQ

What is the estate planning process?
Estate planning is the process of deciding what should happen to your assets if you should die or become incapacitated, and taking the steps to ensure your decisions can be carried out. ... an estate planning attorney can help you design a plan that works for your circumstances.

• Long-Range Planning
• Planning Ahead for the Future
• Revocable lifetime trusts
• Irrevocable family trusts
• Testamentary trusts
• Power of attorneys
• Health care proxies
• Living wills

While planning ahead for the future can often seem difficult, it is an important to stat . Planning ahead with a Will or Trust (or combination will ensure that your assets are distributed according to your agenda in the event of your passing.

Estate Administration
After the passing of a loved one, our firm can assist with the probate and estate administration process. We work to make this process as seamless as possible for all parties involved. We will work with creditors, complete asset transfers and assist with all other administrative matters. We also will discuss possible federal and New York state taxation and how it will affect your estate plan.

Emergency Planning
It Is Never Too Late for Medicaid Planning
If a family member is in a nursing home or assisted living facility, it is never too late to do emergency Medicaid planning. By working with a lawyer, you may be able to save about half of the assets of the nursing home patient for family members.

Estate Planning FAQ

What is the estate planning process?
Estate planning is the process of deciding what should happen to your assets if you should die or become incapacitated, and taking the steps to ensure your decisions can be carried out. ... an estate planning attorney can help you design a plan that works for your circumstances.

What is the purpose of an estate plan?
The primary purpose of an estate plan is to help you examine your financial needs and assets in order to make sure that your heirs are provided for in the best possible way, including lifetime planning as well as disposition of property at death.

Having worked hard to provide for the security and well being of your loved ones, you want to minimize any risk of loss upon your death. You also want to ensure that your assets and property are distributed to those whom you care for in accordance with your wishes. A carefully constructed estate plan can ensure the orderly distribution of your estate, minimizing probate and tax consequences, and avoid unnecessary stress for you and your heirs. Our office brings more than 25 years of experience to our clients offering full service legal representation, devoting all the time necessary to carefully determine your needs and to explain in detail the appropriate tools and strategies for meeting your objectives. We understand that every client's situation is different, and we devote ourselves to assisting our clients develop and implement plans that meet their individualized needs and goals.