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DIY Estate Planning Has Its Risks
Estate Planning

DIY Estate Planning Has Its Risks

Estate planning is not just about the documents, rather, it concerns the validity of the inclusions in the documents, the process of signing and also

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Avoiding Estate Planning Mistakes
Estate Planning

Avoiding Estate Planning Mistakes

 Estate plans can only be achieved and implemented with only the appropriate documents with proper inclusions. It is quite easy to sit alone and make

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Health care proxy in Queens
Estate Planning

Health care proxy in Queens

A health care proxy is a legal document that allows an individual (the principal) to designate another individual who will make important health care decisions

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Why create a power of attorney?
Estate Planning

Why create a power of attorney?

Aside from creating a will, it is important that you create other estate planning documents like a trust, letter of intent, beneficiary designations, health care

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What is Estate Planning?
Estate Planning

All about estate planning

After your passing, what happens to your estate? How do your loved ones cater to themselves? Who receives the assets you own? This are the

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OFFSHORE ASSET PROTECTION

An offshore asset protection trust can help protect everything yourself from any possible sources that try to deduct everything you own. With an offshore asset protection trust it’ll seem like everything you own is listed as overseas hence the phrase offshore in the phrase. When signing up for this trust, creditors or anyone else after your money will have a hard time even trying to retrieve the money because other countries have other kinds of rules according to how they deal their money. This kind of plan hides your belongings and even your name behind it. This is a perfect trust if you want extra security and a guaranteed protection.

Now That You’re Prepared

You’re ready for an easy case on your estate plan and full comfort as it processes. This full proof estate plan can guarantee you safety of not only what you own but hide them from any potential creditors or extra fees. To be prepared its important that a lawyer helps you go through the whole planning process to undergo a good court experience. Our lawyers also include any plans pertaining to any other plans related to any estate plans. It’s in their privilege to help serve everyone and make sure all issue are resolved.

FAQ

1. What is a Testamentary trust? 

A testamentary trust is a a trust that is formed after a persons passing and is instructed or assigned according to the last Will. It is also considered a third-party if it is someone assigned as a trustee rather a family member. Then that person would have the right to move the assets around.

2. What is a Revocable Living Trust?

A revocable living trust is needed when it comes to managing your own assets and what to do with them if you’re in critical condition or aging. A living trust can give you the luxury of choosing what kind of healthcare proxy you want and also has the power to avoid the probate process that can save you from those fees.

3. What is a revocable trust?

A revocable trust is a document you can sign with an attorney involving a trust that can be modified or even canceled upon request. By filing this out you’re assets go straight to you and once you pass, the trustee you assigned will move these assets to its beneficiaries. While alive, you can change who can get ahold of your belongings and something to prepare you for the future.

4. Does New York Have an Inheritance Tax or Estate Tax?

New York doesn’t include a inheritance tax but a estate tax is included by law with federal taxes.

5. What is the benefit of hiring an attorney if free forms are available online?

Once an attorney is hired you have a professional say towards your Estate and where it’s being distributed. Free aren’t very beneficial and reliable because you’re not getting as much service as you would from an actual attorney. There may be some fallacies and interferences on these forms. This can cause difficulties at any court process difficult, longer and expensive.

6. What is an Estate Settlement?

An estate settlements is the process of a decedent’s estate being transferred  to an assigned trustee or beneficiaries. There’s also planning of who obtains all these assets but expenses that go with it all.

7.  Can a probate be avoided?

There’s an understanding when wanting to avoid a probate and it’s due to waiting a year for courts approval or even having the courts approval rather than your own. Both these things can pile more fees on top of the file the more complicated things get through many disagreements. Though most Wills or trusts are specific which already comes with it’s complications which is why it takes a while for the probate to process. It is necessary to use the probate because if you’re looking through the file rather than an attorney, you will be prone to mistakes and more fees that the attorney could of spotted. Upcoming mistakes can also cause the filing to be longer than it should. So you shouldn’t avoid any probates.

8. Can an irrevocable trust be amended?

One thing you can do by is to remove assets you’ve written within the trust. You will still have the trust on file but it’ll be one that is empty. There’s also booking an appointment with the court through a trustee since he or she is responsible for making any adjustments as well in the trust even if it’s irrevocable. As long as there’s a good reason for the modification.

9. Can I collect unemployment if I go to school?

To receive unemployment you need to document that you’re looking for work and enrolled in school to receive some benefits.

10. How long do you have to work to collect unemployment in NY?

According to the official ny.gov website, you need to be working for at least a month and in file at least $2,700 in wages.Your base period also needs to be higher than your quarter wages.

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