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Elder Law
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Health Care
Proxies |
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A Health Care
Proxy allows you
to appoint an
agent to make
medical
decisions on
your behalf. |
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Your Proxy is
only effective
during periods
when you are
unable to make a
reasoned
decision for
yourself. |
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A valid Health
Care Proxy helps
avoid a
Guardianship for
medical matters. |
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Living Wills |
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A Living Will
indicates your
wishes with
regard to
discontinuance
of life support, or
other “heroic
measures”. |
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Without a Living
Will or other
strong evidence
of your beliefs
regarding
continued life
support, you
likely will be
kept alive by
artificial
means. |
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A Living Will
does not mean
that in the
event of an
emergency you
will not receive
emergency
treatment or be
resuscitated. |
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Powers of
Attorney |
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A Power of
Attorney allows
your appointed
agent to engage
in financial and
insurance
transactions. |
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The document may
be designed for
a single
transaction or
allow your agent
to do anything
you personally
would be able to
do. |
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Agent for
Disposition of
Remains |
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Without this
document, State
law will
determine which
of your
next-of-kin have
control of your
remains and
funeral
arrangements. |
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Guardianship |
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For
Incapacitated
adults. |
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For mentally
retarded/developmentally
disabled
persons. |
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Long-Term Care
Insurance Policy
Evaluation and
Activation |
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Assistance with
evaluating the
potential
advantages and
affordability of
this type of
insurance. |
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Traditional v.
New York State
Partnership
Policies. |
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Assistance with
activating the
policy and
submitting
claims. |
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Home Care
Employment and
Liability Issues |
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Independent
Contractor v.
Employee. |
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Liability and Workers' Compensation Issues. |
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Employment
Contracts. |
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Nursing Home
Admissions and
Advocacy |
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Nursing Home
Application. |
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Financial
disclosure
requirements. |
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Financial
responsibility. |
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Admissions
Agreements and
Contracts. |
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Medicaid
Planning and
Application |
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Asset Protection.
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Spend-down of
Assets. |
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Income
and Resource Allowances. |
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Exempt and Disregarded property. |
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Personal
Care-Giver
Agreements. |
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Application for
Medicaid and Annual Recertification. |
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Annual
Recertification. |
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Wills, Trusts
and Estate
Planning |
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Wills |
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Simple and
Complex. |
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Direct the who,
how and when of
your property
distribution. |
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Provide for your
spouse,
significant
other, or
children of a
prior marriage
and/or minor
children. |
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Trusts |
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Revocable or
Irrevocable. |
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Life-time
(inter-vivos)
and Testamentary. |
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Asset Protection. |
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Tax Protection. |
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Probate
Avoidance. |
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Assistance for
children with
financial or
substance abuse
difficulties. |
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Special
Needs/Supplemental
Needs. |
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Pet Protection. |
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Family
Camp/Beach
Property. |
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Gift Tax Returns |
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Planning with
Retirement
Assets |
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Planning with a
Family Farm or
Family-owned
Business |
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Family
Partnerships. |
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Buy-Sell
Agreements. |
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Estate
Administration
and Litigation |
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Small Estates. |
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Probate of
Wills. |
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Administration
of Estates
without Wills. |
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Trust
Termination. |
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Assistance with
Liquidation
and/or Transfer
of assets. |
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Court Reporting
requirements. |
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Income and
Estate Tax
reporting and
preparation
assistance. |
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Will Contests
and Litigation. |
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Beneficiary
Representation. |
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Real Estate |
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Closings –
Residential and
Commercial. |
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Title Insurance. |
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Development &
Planning –
subdivision,
zoning, land use. |
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Boundary Line
Disputes. |
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Title disputes
and Partition
Actions. |
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