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Gifts You Can Give After Your Lifetime
Posted on 26 Jul 2010 by Sandra L. Smith

A previous Oast & Hook article discussed the different gifting options that are available for you. These included gifts of cash, appreciated property, and real estate. This article discusses the different gifting options that are available after your... Read More

Estate Failed to Prove Museum’s Laches on Claim to a 3,000 Year Old Archeological Artifact Missing Since WWII
Posted on 6 Jan 2014 by LexisNexis Legal Newsroom Staff

By John G. Farinacci, Esq. In a rather unique ceremony at the Nassau County Surrogate’s Court on December 4, 2013, Surrogate Edward W. McCarty, III ordered and presided over the physical return of an ancient Assyrian artifact from the possession... Read More

Gifts You Can Give After Your Lifetime
Posted on 26 Jul 2010 by Sandra L. Smith

A previous Oast & Hook article discussed the different gifting options that are available for you. These included gifts of cash, appreciated property, and real estate. This article discusses the different gifting options that are available after your... Read More

Wall Street Journal is Wrong that Seniors want to "Game" Medicaid
Posted on 6 Apr 2010 by Deirdre R. Wheatley-Liss

Over the weekend the Wall Street journal ran an article on elder law planning entitled " Inoculating Estates From Health Costs ". While I'm always happy to see an article about elder care planning in the news because it's such... Read More

Landmark Jimmo v. Sebelius Settlement Helps Medicare Patients Receive Skilled Care
Posted on 7 Jan 2014 by LexisNexis Legal Newsroom Staff

By Morris Klein CELA CAP | Settlement of a class-action suit filed against HHS makes it easier for patients to continue to receive skilled care services; the settlement removes clandestine policies requiring Medicare patients to exhibit improvement... Read More

Ask Liza: Adding That New Baby
Posted on 10 Feb 2014 by Liza Weiman Hanks

By Liza Weiman Hanks Dear Liza: My wife and I are the proud parents of two young boys. As a part of our estate planning we have created a Joint Living Trust and funded it with the title to our home, our life insurance policies as well as a few other... Read More

Must A Living Person Disclose Their Estate Plan: The Limits of NY CPLR § 4503
Posted on 6 Jan 2014 by Jennifer Hillman

By Jennifer F. Hillman, Esq. Most communications between an attorney and client are privileged pursuant to New York Civil Procedure Act (“CPLR”) § 4503. There is, however, a carve-out in proceedings concerning the probate, validity... Read More

Ask Liza: Excluding Someone From Your Will
Posted on 10 Feb 2014 by Liza Weiman Hanks

By Liza Weiman Hanks Dear Liza: I am helping my friend make a Will. It’s very simple, with one heir. She wants to make sure her brother, who is her only living relative and from who she has been estranged from since they left home (she’s... Read More