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Estate and Gift Law Changes under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
The new tax-reform legislation signed into law at the end of 2017 has significant estate-planning changes. The federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping tax exemption amount
Estate Planning Involves Much More than Signing a Will
In the age of the Internet, there is a growing trend among Americans who need a will to avoid the cost of a lawyer and
A Living Will is Not a Will — But No Less Important
Lawyers are occasionally guilty of speaking legal jargon that a non-lawyer has no idea what the lawyer is talking about. For example, an estate-planning lawyer
Vacation Home Owners: The Tale of Two Estates
While more than 19 million Americans call New York state home, countless other non-residents own second homes in the state. Similarly, over 19 million Americans