Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Patient Safety Awareness Week: Protecting Your Most Important Asset
Maintaining your health plays a key role in protecting your assets. It ensures you can continue to provide for yourself and your family while preventing medical care costs from depleting your life savings. You trust your doctor to act as your ally in this effort, but you need to be proactive to get the… Read More »
Ways to Deal with Loved One Who is an Addict or Alcoholic In Estate Planning
Dealing with a loved one who is an addict or alcoholic is heartbreaking. No matter how much you love them, efforts to get them to stop often prove futile. Sadly, addiction can ruin their health and all chances of finding happiness or success while putting your own wellbeing and financial security at risk. While… Read More »
New York City Real Estate Rebounds Despite Pandemic
Over the course of 2020, reports were dire for the New York real estate market. Due to COVID-19, homeowners were leaving the city in droves for more suburban settings. This meant more properties on the market, but potential home buyers were understandably reluctant. While experts forecasted sharp decreases in sales, the overall effects were… Read More »
For Older Adults Aging In Place, Burn Injuries Present Hazards
When presented with the option of moving to a nursing home or aging in place, many older adults prefer the latter. For their family members, making simple modifications within their home can help make this possible. One of the most important concerns eliminating the risk of accidents and injuries. Among older adults living on… Read More »
How To Protect Your Inheritance Against Divorce, Death, Lawsuits, and Taxes
Inheritances provide a way for one generation to pass wealth on to the next. Unfortunately, outside issues can chip away at the amount, leaving little or nothing to pass along to your own beneficiaries. Our Bronx & Westchester estate planning attorneys detail some of the steps you can take to protect and preserve your… Read More »
Who Should Get A Copy Of A Will?
When a loved one passes, a legally valid and updated will helps to convey their final wishes. As one of the most important yet basic of estate planning tasks, it provides an inventory of all their property and assets and dictates how these should be distributed to beneficiaries. Who should get a copy of… Read More »
Who Should Get A Copy Of A Will?
When a loved one passes, a legally valid and updated will helps to convey their final wishes. As one of the most important yet basic of estate planning tasks, it provides an inventory of all their property and assets and dictates how these should be distributed to beneficiaries. Who should get a copy of… Read More »
Five Ways To Protect Your Assets In 2021
Between the serious personal and financial impacts many people suffered as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the contentious political issues that regularly dominated the headlines, most of us were relieved to see 2020 come to a close. Unfortunately, the new year appears to be off to a rocky start as well. Security… Read More »
What Is A Guardianship and When Is It Needed?
A guardianship is a court order granting one person the power to care for and make decisions on behalf of another. It can be a useful tool in protecting children and adults with serious developmental disabilities. However, when used in cases involving older adults or people who suffer unexpected illnesses or injuries, there are… Read More »
Four Gifts To Give Older Adult Loved Ones (That Can’t Be Bought In A Store)
Finding something for older adult loved ones can be challenging. They often have what they need, which rules out adding another item of clothing or a trinket to their collection as an option. As experienced Bronx & Westchester Medicaid & nursing attorneys, part of our job is to address the needs of older adults…. Read More »