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Summer 2023 Newsletter

Welcome Back Schanker and Schanker PLLC is a premier Estate Planning law firm. We offer legal services for sophisticated Estate and Gift Tax planning, Decedent Estate Administration and Probate services, Business Succession Planning, Charitable Giving, Special Needs...

Fall 2022 Newsletter

• Estate Planning Basics
• Business Succession Planning
• Adopted Children, Stepchildren, The Blended Family
• Special Considerations for the LGBT Community in Family Planning
• Estate Planning with a Non-Citizen Spouse

April 2022 Newsletter

• Charitable Giving
• Pet Trusts: Who Will Care for Your Pets Upon Death, Incapacitation or Hospitalization
• Why Creating a Will Should be At the Top of Every Parent’s To-Do List
• On the Rise; Real Estate values and Estate Planning

November 2021 Newsletter

• It’s Time to Plan
• Critical Medical Considerations
• Everyday New York State Returns $1.5 million to those who file claims for unclaimed funds…is any of it yours?

May 2021 Newsletter

• Planning to Save Estate Taxes
• Another Reason to Avoid Probate
• New York State is Enacting a New Power of Attorney
• Spring has Sprung: Spring Cleaning for your Estate Plan
• Wills and Safe Deposit Boxes

March 2020 Newsletter

• In Light of the Current Global Circumstances
– Review, Review, Review
– Are you a S.K.I-er? (Spending Kids Inheritance)
– After you sign your Will and/or Trust…Where to keep the documents
– Elder Law Alert
– Surrogate’s Court Alert
• Executors/Trustees

January 2020 Newsletter

• Monumental Changes to Retirement Benefits after 2019
• New Jersey Enacts the Aid in Dying for Terminally Ill Act
• Attention Residential Landlords!
• Organ Donation

Spring 2018 Newsletter

• Federal Estate and Gift Tax Alert
• New Opportunities For Owners of Pass Through Entities
• How To Be Charitable With Benefits; The Charitable Remainder Trust
• Cyber-Protection Protocol at Schanker & Schanker PLLC
• Long Term Care Insurance; Knowledge Is Power

Fall 2017 Newsletter

• Why your college-age child needs planning
• Quick Do’s and Don’ts of Estate Planning
• Core Estate Planning Checklist
• Beware of “Amateur Lawyering”

April 2017 Newsletter

• Where There is a Will, there is a Way…
• Executors and Trustees What are they and what do they do?
• The Value of an Experienced Executor
• Commissions: The Complicated Realm of Paying Fiduciaries
• How to Save your Sanity and Avoid Probate: A simple guide