by Leslie Marenco | May 14, 2015 | Articles, Celebrity Estates, Health Care Directive
It began with an anonymous court filing pitting “John Doe” against “Jane Doe.” It didn’t take long for Jane and John to be identified publicly as Modern Family’s Sofia Vergara and creator of the Onion Crunch, Nick Loeb. Formerly...
by Leslie Marenco | May 1, 2015 | Articles, Estate Planning, Health Care Directive, Probate, Trusts
A 2010 study conducted by the Investor Protection Trust found that more than seven million older Americans — 20 percent of those over the age of 65 — had already been a victim of financial abuse. Here are some tips on how you can ensure your parents (or...
by Leslie Marenco | Mar 27, 2015 | Articles, Estate Planning, Health Care Directive, Trusts
Avoiding the need for a conservatorship – the process whereby someone is appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the property or the personal welfare of an adult – and keeping your family out of Court can be accomplished by making plans for incapacity in...
by Leslie Marenco | Mar 6, 2015 | Articles, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning, Health Care Directive, Trusts
A drama currently playing out in a French courtroom demonstrates that any elderly person can fall victim to financial abuse, even the second wealthiest woman in the world. Lilliane Bettencourt, 92, is heiress to the L’Oreal cosmetics fortune, and Forbes has estimated...
by Leslie Marenco | Feb 27, 2015 | Articles, Estate Planning, Health Care Directive, Kids Protection Planning, Trusts, Wills
Last year’s uncertainty about the future of the estate and gift tax caused many people to put their estate planning on hold, even though estate and gift tax planning is only a teeny tiny piece of estate planning. Now that the clouds have lifted and Congress has given...
by Leslie Marenco | Sep 23, 2014 | Articles, Health Care Directive, Uncategorized
A good friend of mine wasn’t expecting to get a serious illness as a young lawyer, so like most people he and his wife had done little to prepare. For this reason, I encourage you to get things in order no matter what stage of life you may be in. One of the...
