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Advanced Health Care Directives

The New York Times reports that as the great anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela remains in critical condition, his family is facing some very difficult decisions regarding his end-of-life care, particularly whether or not to continue life support. You can make it easier on your family by establishing some guidelines for them to follow by preparation [...]

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The Obamacare Medicaid Expansion

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) is one of the most significant and controversial pieces of legislation to have been passed for many years. Despite numerous legal challenges, the U.S. Supreme Court has generally ruled that the legislation is constitutional. However, in a recent case, the Court held that states may opt out [...]

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Planning the Right Gift

There are many ways of making gifts to family members and to charities and, if the gift is done right, you may be able to avoid taxes. Here are just a few ideas to discuss with your estate planning attorney: Annual exclusion gifts There is no gift tax on gifts that do not exceed a [...]

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The Roman Blum Estate: Who Will Have the Last Laugh?

New York real estate developer Roman Blum was a Holocaust survivor, whose first wife and son died in the war. His second wife, who passed away in 1992, was infertile as a result of Joseph Mengele’s medical experiments in the concentration camps. Roman Blum died alone and childless. He also died with an estate of [...]

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The Estate Plan You Already Have

Warren Hillman was a federal employee who owned a Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) Policy with a death benefit worth over $124,000. Hillman had named his former wife, Judy Maretta, as the beneficiary on that policy. When they divorced, Hillman neglected to change that designation, even after he remarried. When Hillman died in 2008, [...]

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A Troubled Child and Your Estate Plan

According to a 2011 Columbia University study, 46 percent of American high school students use alcohol or drugs (approximately six million teenagers), and that almost all those suffering from substance abuse addictions started using before they reached their 18th birthday. Parents are often at a loss when dealing with a teen or adult heir who [...]

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