Probate is a term – more specifically a legal process – that many people don’t fully understand until they confront it up close and personally. That is, probate’s details and particulars often don’t become clear for affected individuals...
Here’s a time-honored truism about estate planning for New York residents and other individuals across the country: It is seldom the case that any person gets proactive about crafting a strategy and plan absent some motivating factor for doing so.That’s...
Home health care can be essential for the elderly and for those who cannot take care of themselves on their own. In-home care services can be expensive, though, which is a problem if you don't plan for it.You may think that in-home care won't be something you need,...
If you’re lucky, you, your spouse or other family loved ones will never need to spend much if any extended time in a longer-term care facility.Those come in varied configurations in New York and nationally. In today’s Pope Law Firm blog post, we’re...
As a practiced estate planning firm serving Western New York, our attorneys help educate individuals and families and correct misconceptions when needed. A commonly held belief among many people concerning elder law is that this area of law is a fairly simple legal...
What exactly is estate planning? And what does it encompass?Those are seemingly simple questions. Candidly, though, they don’t offer up easy responses that point to any similar-in-every-case answer. In fact, the legal realm of estate planning and administration...
