Law Office of Inna Fershteyn and Associates, P.C.
Estate Planning & Elder Law Attorney
When planning an estate, most often parents distribute their assets equally among their children. If it’s their goal to be fair to each child, it does not necessarily mean leaving your assets equally to each child. Sometimes special circumstances need to be taken into consideration.
Over the years many celebrities have provided cautionary estate-planning lessons, and actor James Gandolfini, who died in June 2013 at age 51, is no exception. The actor, known for portraying mob boss Tony Soprano, left a portion of his estate, widely estimated at $70 million,
When it’s time for a loved one to move into a nursing home, it is often a wise strategy to apply for long-term care Medicaid benefits in order to offset the burdensome costs of their stay there. However, there are many personal and financial issues
Five years after U.S. Sen. Mark Warner’s mother died of Alzheimer’s, he is still haunted by what he might have done differently for her – if only he had known her wishes. When the disease first took hold of Marjorie Warner in about 2000, her
As I venture into my early 30s, I think I’ve become pretty careful about our finances. I certainly know not to continue on with the mistakes I made in my 20s like buying more car than I can afford or not paying myself first. But something
We all want to provide for our children, and perhaps even leave a little something behind to help lighten their load after we’re gone. But when you’re the parent of a disabled child who may outlive you, the importance—and complexity—of putting financial safeguards in place
NY Top Medicaid Fraud Attorney Inna Fershteyn on RTVI with Marina Levinzon discussing Medicaid Fraud and what to do if you received HRA letter http://www.BrooklynTrustAndWill.com | http://www.advanced-legal.com ——————————————————————————– Languages: English, Russian speaking attorney Areas of Practice: Estate Planning, Asset Protection, Medicaid Fraud investigations, Medicaid Planning,
The “sandwich generation” is a term coined for families squeezed between taking care of an aging parent and raising young children or supporting adult children. This is becoming all too common with about one-in-seven middle-aged Americans taking on financial responsibility for both a parent and
You have arrived at your second marriage a little bit older and (hopefully) a little bit wiser. Second marriages and blended families present their own issues when it comes to estate planning. You would like to take care of your spouse and your children, but
Case serves as a reminder that advisers need to plan for events in which a beneficiary becomes unable to inherit. A recent murder case is bringing so-called “slayer statutes” into the limelight and making the case for planning for contingencies in the event a named