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Asset Protection Planning
A healthcare crisis can happen at any time, to any of us. As we take time to focus on our health care and reflect on the unthinkable, such as breast cancer or Alzheimer’s diagnosis for ourselves or someone we love, it’s time to address asset protection planning. What is Asset Protection Planning? Asset protection planning […]
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The Smart Way to Appeal a Foolish Fair Hearing Decision
We’ve all read Fair Hearing Decisions and wondered whether the Administrative Law Judge and Commissioner’s Designee deciding the hearing actually knows the law. I recently had a decision come across my desk where the Department of Health concluded that the skilled nursing facility had no standing to file an application on behalf of a deceased […]
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Can You Trust Your Trust?
Published in the Long Island Press, longislandpress.com, and danspapers.com. There are many kinds of trusts, each with a different purpose, such as asset protection, minimizing estate taxes, and avoiding probate. If your objective is asset protection and Medicaid planning, it is imperative that you have your trust reviewed by an elder law attorney to ensure […]
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Hofstra Law Announces Cona Elder Law Annual Scholarship
Cona Elder Law is proud to announce the establishment of our annual Cona Elder Law Scholarship to be awarded to a 2L student at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, with an interest in pursuing a career in Elder Law. We have been successfully recruiting talent from Hofstra Law School for […]
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Invoking Fear From The Grave: An Introduction To In Terrorem Clauses
By Cheryl Katz-Erato As a Surrogate’s Court litigation attorney, one of the first things to look for when analyzing a decedent’s will offered or to be offered for probate is if an in terrorem clause (colloquially known as a “no-contest clause”) has been included in the instrument. In general, an in terrorem clause provides that […]
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The Legal Nuances of SCPA Article 17-A Guardianships
As published in the NYSBA Elder and Special Needs Law Journal | 2022 | Vol. 32 | No. 2 Many parents of children with developmental disabilities[i] or intellectual disabilities[ii] spend years working to ensure that their children receive the best resources and services available to them. Their tireless advocacy likely began in their earliest days […]
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Cheryl Katz-Erato Recognized in LIBN’s WHO’s WHO: Women in Professional Services
Professional women explain new developments 2022 has brought to their industry. In 2020, during the height of COVID-19, the then-Governor issued Executive Order 202.14 which modified NYS law to enable Wills to be signed remotely. This modification was welcomed as it enabled estate attorneys to change their strict in-person practices to adapt to COVID. However, in […]
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New Port Jefferson Office for Cona Elder Law of Melville
Attorneys Serving Seniors, Their Family Members and People with Special Needs (Melville/Port Jefferson, NY, August 16, 2022) – Cona Elder Law, the award-winning Melville-based firm focused on elder law, estate planning, estate administration, special needs and health care law, announced the opening of its new office in Port Jefferson at 41 North Country Road, across […]
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THE DANGERS OF REFERRING YOUR FACILITY’S MEDICAID APPLICATIONS TO A MEDICAID CONSULTANT
A case study in “good things aren’t cheap and cheap things aren’t good” It seems like everyday there’s a new “Medicaid Consultant” advertising in the local paper, on-line or soliciting at nursing homes. But here’s the problem with these agencies: they’re not attorneys. We all know that the Medicaid Program, especially Institutional a/k/a “nursing home” […]
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