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 [...]
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? 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Estate Planning: Our courts have held that there must be probable cause to bring a challenge in order to avoid a “no contest” penalty. […]
Question: My former husband, Mel, recently passed away. He and I have two sons together, one of whom is a drug addict. Mel created a last-minute revocable trust and a [...]
Occasionally we have people contact our office simply looking for assistance with health care directives. Health care directives are used to appoint an agent to make health care decisions for [...]