As a Buffalo Estate Planning Attorney, I recommend that all my clients have a health care proxy and a living will. A health care proxy is a document in which you appoint an agent and an alternate agent to carry out your wishes in the event you become incapacitated. A living will is a document […]
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Oct
Oct
As a Buffalo Estate Planning Attorney, I am often asked what is a springing power of attorney. There are basically two types of powers of attorney in New York State. There is an immediate power of attorney that goes into effect as soon as you sign it, and the other one if the springing power […]
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Oct
Oct
As an experienced Buffalo Estate Planning Lawyer, I recommend that clients draft a power of attorney. This is an excellent planning device which would permit someone to take care of your financial matters in the event that you’re not able to do that yourself. It is valid during your lifetime, and you can appoint successors […]
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Jul
Jul
As a Buffalo Estate Planning Attorney, I am often asked what the job of the executor is. The job of the executor basically is to carry out the decedent’s wishes in the will, which would involve paying off debts, paying administration expenses, selling property that needs to be liquidated, distributing personal property that’s specified in […]