Life treats all living beings very differently. There are some who are blessed with every possible amenity available. They walk through life without experiencing physical, social or financial complexities. This is not to say that they don’t have their fair share of troubles, but they can usually find a way through and continue on their…
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In 1993, a monumental change was made by the United States Congress, affecting the landscape of estate planning. It was in that year when Congress granted special needs trusts a legal status. This allowed parents, family, and other interested parties invest in the well-being of a person with disabilities. As defined in Section 7-1.12 in…
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An individual creates a special irrevocable trust in their lifetime in order to hold title to various assets that they own. This special trust is known as a Medicaid trust. It enables you to select your trustees and live peacefully in your personal property. In the New York City, the average expense of old age…
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Creating a Medicaid trust in New York comes with a lot of advantages. It allows you to keep your estate out of the probate court, helps you keep your assets out of the reach of a creditor, etc. If you do your Medicaid planning way before time with the help of an elder care lawyer,…
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Most people will rarely bother to make a concerted effort to educate themselves when it comes to dealing with trusts, wills, and probate. The very thought of what happens in the wake of someone’s death is something people avoid quite actively. It just so happens that the matter of estate planning also comes under the…
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You would be surprised by how easy it is to find free templates on the internet that can help you to write up your own will. There are resources online that you can spend little money on in order to get a whole “kit”, which will help you to write your own will. There are…
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Estate planning is not the easiest thing to think about. After all, creating a will means you will be forced to contemplate all the financial matters that are likely to happen after you die. Nobody really wants to think about the treacherous inevitability of life ending at some point, but preparing for it is crucial,…
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Have you considered creating a Will? Many of us live for ourselves until the time comes when we are surrounded by the people we really care for and love. From that point onward, we live in a way that we can help those special people who make life worth living. Those who have a lot…
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From turning old doors into tables and fruit crates into shelving to doing your own landscaping, the world of DIY has seen stupendous growth and popularity in all kinds of niches. The number of people binge-watching HGTV and other similar programming is growing. When DIY is kept to the limitations of crafts and Pinterest projects,…
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The landscape of estate planning in Queens can seem quite intimidating and foreign to somebody who’s never come across it. From basic concepts to legal requirements and fundamentals surrounding wills can be a new territory for them to study and understand. Naturally, the importance of having a will pushes them to seek answers for questions…
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