Property Held in Joint Tenancy in Estate Planning
Property Held in Joint Tenancy Property which is held in joint tenancy with rights of survivorship is property held by more than one owner at the same time. All property ...
Money Changes Everything
Understanding How Assets are Divided Money, particularly large amounts of it, can wreak havoc on a family. Losing a loved one, particularly a parent, results in complicated emotions and deep ...
Inheriting Intellectual Property
Intellectual property includes patents and copyrights. Patents and copyrights give inventors, authors, artists and musicians exclusive rights to financially benefit from their creations for a limited time. They protect the ...
What Happens to Your Business When You Can’t Run It?
Three Questions to Ask about Your Business Plan 1. If tragedy struck and you suddenly passed away, or fell too ill to work, what would happen to your business? You ...
Estate Planning and the Family Cabin
Leaving the Family Cabin or Farm–and Everything in it! When we leave real property, there is often personal property in it which we may or may not intend to be ...
New York Estate Tax Returns
When to File and Pay New York Estate Tax Like all taxes, there are rules, time limits and forms for completing estate tax returns in New York. An estate has ...
Update Your Inventory of Assets Often
Updating your Inventory Helps Your Beneficiaries When someone passes away, there are piles of paperwork which require attention from the designated personal representative or from the person assigned to take ...
Estate Planning for Modern Families
Modern Families Need Help Planning Estates With more than half of all marriages ending in divorce, and many of those people getting married a second, or even third time, there ...
Revocable Family Trusts in Estate Planning
A Revocable Family Trust A trust which is set up while the grantor is alive is called an inter vivos trust. A Revocable Trust is such a trust. Usually the ...
Power of Attorney in New York
New York Statutory Power of Attorney Form There is a standard form dictated by statute in New York which can be used to assign power of attorney that cannot be ...