Law Office of Inna Fershteyn and Associates, P.C.
Estate Planning & Elder Law Attorney
Robin William’s family is now battling over his estate and assets because he did not have a proper will. Robin Williams was a one in a million, but he was also like millions of Americans — he didn’t have a clear will specifying who would
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
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
One-in-seven middle-aged Americans is financially responsible for both a parent and a child. 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
The city of Miami, Miami-Dade County public schools and several companies lost millions of dollars in health insurance payments as a result of being scammed by crooked clinics that submitted bogus claims for pain injections, according to newly filed indictments. Federal agents arrested 14 suspects
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
Prenuptial contracts walled off the assets from alimony claims when the star was alive but death creates new questions about where a late-in-life spouse fits into an estate plan. It looked like Robin Williams had negotiated a smooth inheritance solution for his widow and the