More than a quarter of the U.S. population—and 28% of seniors—live alone. Social isolation can create serious health effects like raising the risk of heart disease or stroke, which is estimated to cost the federal government $6.7 billion a year….
Probate & Estate Planning
Transferring a Cooperative Apartment to a Living Trust
Estate planning in New York encompasses many types of considerations. The most common way to plan an estate is to prepare a Last Will and Testament. When a person dies, a Will must be filed with the Surrogate’s Court to…
NY kinship proceedings: Closing the Class of Heirs: Estate of Kuberka
As a NY kinship estate lawyer with more than two decades of experience litigating these highly specialized cases I can honestly say no other area of the NY estate law is as fascinating to me. A NY kinship estate begins when…
Annual exclusion to rise to $16,000 in 2022
Due to surging inflation, the IRS announced that the annual exclusion for 2022 will be $16,000, up from the current $15,000. See Andrew Keshner, IRS releases new standard deductions and tax brackets as inflation soars, MarketWatch (Nov. 10, 2021). Special…
Northern Illinois University College of Law Seeks Wills & Trusts Professor
The following announcement is from The Faculty Lounge and was brought to my attention by Adam Hirsch. NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW invites applications for an anticipated opening for an entry-level tenure-track faculty position beginning August 2022. Duties include…
Two witnesses need to be present for executing a gift deed
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The Private Client team at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas shares their comments and opinions in an article in the following Q&A which was published by the Mint Newspaper on 10th November, 2021 and the…
Two witnesses need to be present for executing a gift deed
Image Source: Livemint.com
The Private Client team at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas shares their comments and opinions in an article in the following Q&A which was published by the Mint Newspaper on 10th November, 2021 and the…
iOS 15.2 Beta 2 Lets Your Family Access Your Data If You Pass Away
When Apple first introduced iOS 15 in June, the company highlighted a new, extremely important and helpful feature. The new feature is termed the Digital Legacy feature and is designed to allow Apple users to set a person as their…
BRITNEY SPEARS Calls Out Mom … YOU WERE THE BRAINS BEHIND THE CONSERVATORSHIP
Following Lynne Spears’s (mother of Britney Spears) filing of a petition requesting payment for legal fees, Britney Spears has called her mother out, claiming that her mother was the brains behind the conservatorship that held her captive. According to Britney…
Lynne Spears is requesting that Britney’s estate pay for more than $600,000 worth of legal fees linked to her efforts to end to the conservatorship
Britney Spears’s mother, Lynne Spears, has filed a petition to the Los Angeles court “requesting that her daughter’s conservatorship estate pay for her legal fees incurred since 2019.” The documents explain that she sought out legal counsel from a firm…