Law Office of Inna Fershteyn and Associates, P.C.
Estate Planning & Elder Law Attorney
In today’s society, protecting your hard earned assets from unforeseen threats is a top priority. Whether you have accumulated wealth through years of diligent work or inherited a valuable estate, the fear of losing it to creditors, lawsuits or other unforeseen circumstances can be daunting.
The probate process can be stressful and time-consuming without the proper plan in place. The probate process can become even more stressful and time-consuming if the decedent owned property in multiple states, requiring an ancillary probate to secure the distribution of such property to their
It is the unfortunate reality that marriages can end in separation or divorce. Although separation and divorce are a natural part of current relationship trends in the United States and across the world, it is important to understand their estate planning implications. Particularly, it is
Upon the death of a person without an estate plan or only a last will and testament as a testamentary document, their estate must go through the probate process or their will must be submitted to the Surrogate’s Court located in the county of their
After a loved one passes, the last thing you want to be worried about is handling their estate. An unresponsive, unhelpful, and irresponsible surrogate court can make the process of settling a loved one’s estate exceedingly more difficult. In this article, we will focus on
When planning an estate, all individuals are subject to a federal tax. However, it is important to consider the state tax laws that affect individuals in different ways depending on where they live. For example, citizens in Florida will be subject to different regulations from
Transferring Your Home To Your Children When it comes time to start planning for your future, one of the first steps is to often evaluate your assets along with who will be inheriting your assets. A common choice for most individuals is to appoint family
When a person becomes deceased, whether with or without a will, there is a legal proceeding that takes place afterwards known as probate or administration. The way probate works is when a testator dies, the executer, which is usually a family member, is responsible for
While estate planning is an important task everyone faces at one point, it can get complicated. Oftentimes we are forced to think about our own mortality, and how we want our valuables to be passed along which is never easy. But essentially, the purpose of
What is Probate? Probate is a court-supervised legal process that follows an individual’s death, whereby a probate court will establish the validity of one’s will. During this process, the court essentially oversees the distribution of a person’s asset after their death. How does the Probate