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Category Archives for Estate Planning (Wills and Trusts), Probate/Estate Administration
Do You Need Life Insurance?
Not everyone needs life insurance. Find out whether or not you do. Life insurance has long been a part of estate planning in the United States. Although life insurance does not […]
Continue readingDisinheriting Family Members
Your closest relatives may have a right to claim part of your estate. Only very close relatives — surviving spouses and sometimes children or grandchildren — have the right to claim […]
Continue readingCona Elder Law Legal Alert – New York Partnership for Long Term Care
** Legal Alert **New York State JoinsNational Reciprocity Compactfor Partnership Long-Term Care Policies New York State has long had its own long-term care insurance program called the New York State Partnership […]
Continue readingCona Elder Law Offers Free Estate Planning for Families of 9/11 Victims
In commemoration of the 9/11 ten year anniversary, Cona Elder Law (Cona Elder Law), estate planning and elder law firm based in Melville, is offering free estate plans for surviving […]
Continue readingCona Elder Law Closes Office For “In-House” Estate Planning Day for Employees and Their Families
Cona Elder Law Closes Office for a Day to Give Special Benefit to Staff and Spouses On Friday, June 10th, Cona Elder Law, a Melville-based elder law and estate planning firm, […]
Continue readingCona Elder Law’s Senior Strategies Conference — May 17 & 18, 2011 — Medicaid and Estate Tax Laws: The Rules, They are A’Changin’. Cona Elder Law Gives Tips on How to Protect Your Assets
As Governor Cuomo continues to make drastic budget cuts and limit Medicaid expenditures, there will be dramatic changes to the care seniors and the disabled are able to access. Those […]
Continue readingTax Planning vs. Medicaid Planning: Know The Rules to Avoid Costly Mistakes
April 2011A couple in their 80’s made annual exclusion gifts of $13,000 per year to their 12 family members, including their children and their children’s spouses as well as grandchildren. […]
Continue readingThe Estate Tax Is Dead (Maybe)
The estate tax will be fully repealed by 2010 but may come back in 2011. The federal estate tax, a tax imposed on the assets left by the nation’s wealthiest residents, […]
Continue readingCona Elder Law Senior Strategies Conference — How to Protect Your Family & Assets in a New Retirement Landscape
In this volatile economic climate, those over age 60 will need to readjust their financial, long term care and lifestyle goals to plan for a comfortable future in a new […]
Continue readingThe Dynamic Practice of Elder Law
Elder Law Comes of AgeSeptember 2007by Jennifer B. Cona, Esq. There is nothing static about the field of Elder Law. For a relatively new practice area, Elder Law has seen dramatic […]
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