On Behalf of Law Offices of Gerald L. Kane | Jul 11, 2012 | Estate Planning, Finance
Today we’re going to discuss a situation that happens all the time. It’s a situation that almost nobody thinks about, unless you’re an estate planning attorney, but it does occur often enough to talk about. Consider the following hypothetical: A woman, let’s call her...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Gerald L. Kane | Jul 8, 2012 | Estate Planning, Personal Family Lawyer
As a Personal Estate Planning Lawyer, I see many of the same estate planning mistakes made time and again by people who either fail to plan properly or who use “do-it-yourself” estate planning websites or forms in an effort to save money. Without professional...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Gerald L. Kane | Jun 25, 2012 | Gerry's Corner
One of my client’s gave me some ideas for Karen’s birthday surprise that made me so excited to plan it! She would NEVER guess, and it would make the gap between her “wild and crazy” escapades/surprises and mine a teeny bit smaller. She had no idea where we were...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Gerald L. Kane | Jun 25, 2012 | Cool Stuff, Estate Planning, Veterans
The sacrifices made by our wartime Veterans and their spouses can never be truly recompensed. The freedoms we enjoy because of our Veterans can never be assigned a value that would be a true representation of its worth. Our Country has not been the most progressive...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Gerald L. Kane | Jun 25, 2012 | Cool Stuff, Elder Law, Question of the week, Veterans
If my pension is denied and I’m told I’m not eligible for a certain benefit or pension, is there anything that an attorney may be able to help me with to clarify my answers so that I do become eligible? If you are a veteran, you know that the VA will allow a denied...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Gerald L. Kane | Apr 26, 2012 | Estate Planning, Health Care Directives
April 16th was National Healthcare Decisions Day. The point of this “holiday” is to encourage adults to share their private wishes about medical care and end-of-life decisions. Way too many adults harbor the mistaken belief that their loved ones would “just know”...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Gerald L. Kane | Apr 3, 2012 | Cool Stuff
It certainly is legal, and it’s desirable that you do so. The government counts on the vast majority of folks to fail to plan who pay the bulk of additional taxes and lost benefits for the oversight. It’s entirely legal and people do it every day and through proper...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Gerald L. Kane | Apr 3, 2012 | Cool Stuff
“Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.” Alan Lakein, American author and Time Management Expert We plan to go on vacation. We plan to have dinner with friends. But when it comes to planning for how we will be taken...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Gerald L. Kane | Apr 2, 2012 | Cool Stuff
Well, I can’t believe it’s almost – depending on your persuasion – Passover and Easter again! I hope you all are planning a very nice holiday with your families. As we age and our parents age, for a lot of people, it’s more and more difficult to pay for long term...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Gerald L. Kane | Mar 12, 2012 | Insurance
There are some pretty basic reasons to carry life insurance. One of the top reasons we hear is that clients simply want to make sure that their loved ones will be cared for if the client dies other than “as planned.” That’s certainly fair enough. We all want to make...
