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• Cover Your Ass-ets!
• Joint Revocable Living Trusts; Watch Out!
• What is Elder Law?
• Travel and the Not-So-Powerful Power of Attorney
• NJ Enacts the Uniform Trust Code

• Estate Taxation
• The Not-So-Bon Voyage
• Co-op Ownership and Probate, “O My”
• I have an Estate Plan; Now What? Top Tips to Maintain Your Planning

WELCOME BACK Schanker and Hochberg P.C. 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...

• 2015 Estate Tax & Elder Law Changes
• Gifting Power in New York’s Durable General Power of Attorney
• Immediate vs. Springing Powers of Attorney
• Another Reason to Avoid Probate
• Asset Protection

• Don’t Leave Your Estate plan to Chance
• New York State Estate Tax Alert – Revisit, Review, Revise
• Recent United States Supreme Court Decision Effecting IRAs and Retirement Assets

Alert On June 12, 2014, the United States Supreme Court, in a landmark case with far-reaching implications, ruled that inherited IRA accounts are no longer creditor-protected in a bankruptcy proceeding. Frequently, IRA owners designate their spouse to be...

• Gifting to Minors
• Estate and Gift Tax Update
• What to Know: Beneficiary Designations
• Charitable Contributions

• Elder Law and Planning for Individuals with Disabilities
• Common Estate planning Misconceptions

• Learning the Hard Way
• Unique Assets and Valuable Collectables
• Items to be Aware of When Someone Dies
• Long Term Care – The Cost of Care and The Aging Population

• Estate Tax Planning Update
• Keep Your Estate Plan Up to Date
• How to be Charitable with Benefits; The Charitable Remainder Trust
• Planning Considerations with Retirement Benefits

• Time is Running Out: The Expiring Gifting Opportunity
• Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples and Same Sex Marriages
• Insure Your Legacy