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Asset Protection, Estate Planning
October 4, 2019

October is Financial Planning Month, a time to check in on any financial goals you may have made this year. Maybe your goal was focusing on becoming more fiscally responsible, maybe you wanted to save for a big purchase or vacation. Or, perhaps it was looking at ways you could plan for your future, your retirement, and your family’s future. Another way to plan for your future and your retirement is through estate planning. Our method of estate planning focuses on how our clients can remain in...

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Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Health Care, Powers of Attorney, Wills and Trusts
August 7, 2019

Estate planning may be something you only associate with older adults – those with families that span multiple generations, retirees who have accumulated wealth from work and various retirement and investment plans, or elderly individuals who require assistance through at-home care or nursing homes. But estate planning can be beneficial to young adults as well. The following tools can help an individual plan for many different occasions, no matter what age. If there is an accident that causes incapacitation, most young adults would want their parents’ or spouse’s...

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Estate Planning, Health Care
June 14, 2019

June 15th is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD). An estimated 1 in 10 Americans over the age of 60 have experienced some form of abuse or mistreatment. WEAAD was created in 2006 to promote a better understanding of elder abuse and educate individuals on how to identify, address, and prevent abuse in the future. Elder abuse can take many different forms – physical, verbal, emotional, sexual, financial exploitation, or neglect. There are various warning signs that can help individuals identify when an elderly loved one is...

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Estate Planning
May 29, 2019

Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash Is it a gift or a loan? Different requirements and issues are raised depending on how this question is answered. If it’s a gift . . . Most gifts do not require paperwork or IRS Forms to be filled out. In fact, presently individuals can gift up to $15,000 per recipient per year without paying any gift taxes, and married couples can combine their gifts and give up to $30,000 per recipient per year. Any amount over that $15,000 means the...

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Estate Planning, Health Care
April 16, 2019

Today, April 16, 2019, our firm, along with other national, state and community organizations, is taking part in a massive effort to highlight the importance of advance healthcare decision-making — an effort that has culminated in the formal designation of April 16th as National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD).  We have been supporting our clients’ healthcare wishes for more than ten years by providing comprehensive estate plans that include the healthcare directives that clients need in a medical emergency. These documents can...

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Estate Planning, Pet Planning
March 7, 2019

The Law Office of Matthew A. Ferri would like to congratulate Nash on achieving his therapy certification. As a therapy dog Nash will be able to visit hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and other facilities to help people take the time to “paws awhile for love.” We are excited for him to meet our clients and friends. Here he is resting after the test! ...

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Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts
February 16, 2019

After we now have passed Chinese New Year, it’s a great time to check in with yourself on how you are doing with your New Year’s resolutions. You would not be alone if you haven’t stuck with them as much as you would have liked to – studies have shown most individuals don’t keep their resolutions for the entire year, and some don’t make it past the beginning of February.  But before you say, “well there’s always next year” you can...

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Estate Planning
November 26, 2018

General Motors is currently offering buyouts to 18,000 salaried employees who have 12 or more years of experience. Employee buyout packages can come in the form of a one-time lump sum payment, which without proper planning, can have tax and estate implications. If you decide to take the buyout, there are a few things to consider. Where is the money going to be deposited? If you deposited the money into a bank account and were to pass away without designating beneficiaries, then...

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Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Marketing, Wills and Trusts
February 5, 2018

Do you own property as joint tenants? Have you considered the planning pitfalls of this way of owning property? Ownership as joint tenants is so pervasive in our society that we don’t look at its downsides. In joint tenancy, each person owns the entire asset, not a part of the asset. This legal fiction of two or more people owning 100 percent of the same asset is derived from the full name given to joint tenancy: joint tenancy with right of...

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Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts
February 5, 2018

Blended families by nature bring more people to the table.  The following are only a few of the big challenges we face when planning for a blended family. Your Ex-Spouse A major concern for most divorces is the need to disinherit your ex-spouse. While married to your ex-spouse, you most like designated him/her as the beneficiary of your life insurance policy, a pension plan, 401(K) plan, or similar retirement plan, which was provided by your employer.  If you fail to update your beneficiaries...

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