We’ve all been warned about protecting ourselves from identity theft, but one group of victims can’t take action to protect themselves—the dead. Fortunately, there are steps that you can take to discourage identity thieves from targeting a deceased loved one.
Posts Categorized: Trusts
10 Reasons To Choose A Revocable Living Trust
Your Last Will and Testament and the details of your estate holdings and its distribution will not be an open public record in the clerk’s office of the Surrogates Court. The trustee of your Revocable Living Trust will not need to probate your Will in multiple states in order to transfer your home, vacation home… Read More »
Obama Signs Law Requiring Hospitals to Warn of Costly Medicare Loophole
President Obama has signed a new law intended to prevent Medicare beneficiaries from spending days in a hospital only to find that they hadn’t been admitted to the hospital at all – they were only under “observation.”
Know Your Options Before Signing Up for Medicare
As you get ready to turn 65, you may be inundated with information about Medicare. All this information is confusing, but it is important to do your research before choosing your plan.
Who Will Inherit Whitney Houston's Fortune Following Bobbi Kristina's Death — and What Are the Lessons?
Now that the late Whitney Houston’s only child, Bobbi Kristina, has herself died, what will happen to the estimated $20 million estate she was to inherit?
Oops, They Did It Again! Make Sure That You Don’t Also
Last week a client came in and asked me to review her “Estate Planning Portfolio” which had been drafted by another attorney a few years ago. The client was proud that she had a Revocable Living Trust in her portfolio because a similar trust had made the transfer of her deceased sister’s assets fairly simple… Read More »
Things to Remember at Tax Time
Tax day is fast approaching and you want to make sure you’re taking advantage of all the deductions you’re entitled to.
What Is Required of an Executor?
Being the executor of an estate is not a task to take lightly. An executor is the person responsible for managing the administration of a deceased individual’s estate.