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Your estate plan determines the financial future of your loved ones, your hard-earned assets, and your quality of life in your golden years. With so much at stake, you want to work with an experienced and compassionate legal professional you can trust. What makes an excellent estate planning attorney? In this blog, we describe seven […]

MELVILLE, New York—Schneider, Garrastegui & Fedele, PLLC, an Elder Law Firm, alerts New York residents about the types of problems that can arise when they fail to prepare important Estate Planning documents. These documents include a Last Will and Testament, a Power of Attorney, and a Health Care Proxy at the time of their death, […]

MELVILLE, New York—Vivian Garrastegui, Elder Law Attorney and Partner at Schneider, Garrastegui & Fedele, PLLC, is pleased to announce that she will be speaking at a live online seminar sponsored by the National Business Institute (NBI). The Protecting Assets While Qualifying for Medicaid seminar will be held online on April 25, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. […]

If you live in New York and are considering long-term care expenses, do not delay planning for Medicaid. The costs associated with aging can decimate retirement savings and jeopardize your ability to leave considerable assets for your loved ones. However, incorporating Medicaid planning into a comprehensive estate plan can guard against these looming threats to […]

If you are approaching your golden years with estate planning and elder law concerns, you will inevitably encounter topics related to asset protection. You may ask, “What is asset protection, and why do I need it?” Businesses, individuals, or the state can take your assets in multiple ways—sometimes after you pass away, compromising the legacy […]

As a New York estate planning law firm, clients often ask us how to get a Power of Attorney (POA). The answer depends on several factors that are unique to your situation, your relationships, and your goals. One of the core purposes of our firm is to help you be prepared, and we want to […]

Do you lose sleep at night wondering if you can qualify for Medicaid if you own a home? Do you worry that your spouse could become homeless for you to receive Medicaid benefits? We understand. At Schneider, Garrastegui & Fedele, PLLC, our Medicaid planning lawyers have helped countless people like you start the Medicaid planning […]

A family member could be unable to care for their young children, aging parents, or a special needs adult child or sibling. In these situations, a guardianship can help someone else manage care for those individuals (known as wards), whether the person in question wants the court to name a guardian or petition for guardianship […]

One of the most critical steps in the trust and estate planning process is determining what will happen to your assets after you pass away. In a well-intentioned but often misguided step, many parents mistakenly believe that gifting their house to their children is the best method to avoid probate and inheritance taxes, but gifting […]

(MELVILLE, New York) Vivian Garrastegui, Elder Law Attorney and Partner at Schneider, Garrastegui & Fedele, PLLC, will give a 90-minute Spanish presentation of Managing Money: A Caregivers Guide to Finances over Zoom with the Alzheimer’s Association on September 14th, 2022 at 4 p.m. EDT. “I look forward to once again speaking for The Alzheimer’s Association. […]