Business Continuity Plan
Don’t just rely on a generic form when putting together a buy-sell agreement, have a business continuity plan in place. Many of our clients are business owners and have a [...]
Business Planning Services: Probate
Silverman Law Offices offers several business planning services. But we also want to make sure you understand what some of those services include and why you might need them. This [...]
Avoiding Probate through Estate Planning
As we’re settling in to the New Year with our New Year’s resolutions already either forgotten or (hopefully) regularly scheduled and being followed, I have a challenge for all of [...]
What Is Estate Planning?
What Is Estate Planning? Estate planning is ensuring your surviving spouse or significant other, as well as your children, receive what you want them to when you die. Most clients [...]
Understanding the Difference between Medicare and Medicaid
Many people are confused by the difference between Medicare and Medicaid. Here is everything you need to know to figure out which one is best suited for your needs. Medicare [...]
Retitling Out-of-State Assets Into Trusts
We spend quite a bit of time counseling our trust clients on the importance of "funding" their trusts. Funding is the process of retitling assets into the name of the [...]
Titling Vacation and Second Homes
Many of our clients choose a living trust-based estate plan in order to avoid probate. Probate is avoided when assets are titled in the name of a living trust, and [...]
Estate Tax Laws and Married Couples
Recently, there have been a number of changes in the estate tax laws that benefit married couples. At Silverman Law Offices, we want to make sure that you are able [...]
What to do (if anything) when Mom’s will leaves you short
Estate Planning: Our courts have held that there must be probable cause to bring a challenge in order to avoid a “no contest” penalty. […]