Family Law
Family law broadly speaking covers the areas of law concerned with divorce both contested and uncontested, custody and visitation, child support and spousal maintenance and equitable distribution of marital property. Read more…
Guardianship
When an individual becomes incapacitated due to illness, accident or advanced age and where there is no power of attorney and/or health care proxy, a guardianship case may be commenced in Supreme Court requesting that a judge delegate those powers to another person. Read more…
Medicaid
Medicaid, a needs-based health program for Americans and legal, permanent residents, is funded by both the state and federal governments, and covers the medical expenses of those in the community and in nursing homes. Read more…
Powers of Attorney
All estate plans should include a durable power of attorney whereby an individual, or principal, directs another person, his agent, to act in his stead with respect to a list of property management, or financial, powers. Read more…
Matrimonial Agreements
There are various kinds of marital agreements negotiated before marriage, during a happy or troubled marriage or after a marriage has broken down. Read more…
Probate and Administration
When a person dies, of course, that loss is extremely painful to family and friends. Nevertheless, it is still necessary for someone to pay the final bills and distribute the remainder of the estate to beneficiaries or family members, as the case may be. Read more…
Trusts
A trust is a device created by an individual, called a grantor, that allows the grantor to transfer assets from himself to another individual, called the trustee, to be maintained by the trustee for the benefit of another, the beneficiary. Read more…
Wills
A will is a written document that provides for the appointment of an executor and the distribution of your property after your death. If you die without a will, your property will pass under what is known as the laws of intestacy. Read more…