Archive for the ‘Estate Probate’ Category

Yahoo! Finance/Richard Perry/The New York Times - Mr. Blum's home on Staten Island, where he built and sold hundreds of other houses.

A Cautionary Tale When you Leave Millions and the State Gets It!

Tweet This is best summed by a statement that is part of an article by the New York Times “He was a very smart man but he died like an idiot,” said Paul Skurka, a fellow Holocaust survivor who befriended Mr. Blum after doing carpentry work for him in the 1970s. When Roman Blum died [...]

What does the Affordable Care Act mean to the Disabled

Medicaid (Medi-Cal) Eligibility and Enrollment for People with Disabilities Under the Affordable Care Act

Tweet The Kaiser Family Foundation has issued a Kaiser Commission report available in PDF format about Medcaid, called Medi-Cal here in California, and the current uninsured. This report is addressing the Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment for People with Disabilities Under the Affordable Care Act: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) makes several changes to Medicaid eligibility [...]

Projects get people talking about end-of-life care

The Advance Healthcare Directive: A Document That Speaks Volumes, Even When you Can’t

Tweet While reading the New York Times earlier in the week, I came across an article that shines the light on a document that you will often hear my partner, Gary Lieberman and I talk about at Seminars, Webinars, on the Radio, our at one of our free consultations. We are constantly stressing the importance [...]

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Thomas Kinkade: A Lesson in the Importance of Documents at Any Age

Tweet Thomas Kinkade, who gained notariety from his painted landscapes and numerous galleries died recently without any estate planning documents. Kinkade died unexpectedly at the age of 54 after an accidental overdose. He had been legally separated from his wife for two years at the time of his death, and now a contest has arisen [...]

Getting your wishes in writing is a must to protect your heirs

There’s a New Tort in Town: CA Appellate Court adopts Intentional Interference with Expectation of Inheritance

Tweet With the Fourth Appellate District’s opinion, California has become the 26th state to adopt the tort of Intentional Interference with Expectation of Inheritance (IIEI) of the states that have considered this particular tort. In doing so, the appellate court gave careful consideration to the effect of such a decision, and in doing created a [...]