Contesting a will is not easy, but may sometimes be necessary to preserve the proper distribution of an estate. A person may be able to contest their loved one’s will if the person has good reason to believe that it…
Contesting a will is not easy, but may sometimes be necessary to preserve the proper distribution of an estate. A person may be able to contest their loved one’s will if the person has good reason to believe that it…
Grandparents sometimes consider lifetime gifts to grandchildren when planning for their financial future. Not only will the gifts give the grandchildren a good start in life and perhaps a brighter future, but by such gifts may have an added benefit…
Recent Legislation Will Help Ensure Better Quality Care for Patients and Law Offices of Osofsky and Osofsky Gives Tips on How to Evaluate a Nursing Home There are new changes in state law regarding California’s skilled nursing homes. Nursing homes…
U.S. military veterans are getting older and have been actively seeking services from the Veterans Affairs healthcare system – from veterans who served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam to the most recent theatres, Iraq and Afghanistan. However, there has been…
Gene L. Osofsky of the law firm Osofsky & Osofsky weighs in about some helpful sensors. For a lot of our elders, living alone isn’t what it used to be, especially in the sense of devices and technologically-advanced sensors placed…
Should you allow a large bank to help care for your elderly parents? Baby Boomers are aging fast, their parents even more so if they’re still around. Caring for an elderly parent can be a big responsibility. Boomers might even…
Elder law attorney Gene L. Osofsky of the law firm Osofsky and Osofsky suggests putting on “your thinking cap” when it comes to obtaining additional social security income. Every year, more than $10 billion in Social Security benefits go unclaimed.…
Divorce seldom fails to up the complexity quotient when you add stepparents into the caregiving and estate planning equations, explains Elder law attorney Gene L. Osofsky of the law firm Osofsky & Osofsky. Attorney Diane Fener, based in Virginia Beach,…
The recent death of Massachusetts Senator Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy might provoke some insightful thought about the nature of trusts – and how comprehensive and versatile they can be. Joseph P. Kennedy, the patriarch of the Kennedy Family, left behind…
While Obama might be procrastinating about what to do about the estate tax, you’d better not. President Barack Obama was supposed to tackle the thorny issue of the estate tax from the get-go, considering that the expiration date was already…