New York Legacy Lawyers
Your legacy is more than a list of assets. Your achievements for your family and your community can have a lasting benefit to future generations. With careful planning, you can ensure that your goals for the future are carried out during your lifetime and beyond. At New York Legacy Lawyers, our mission is to empower you to accomplish your vision. With twenty years of experience in Estate Planning and Elder Law, Yana Feldman is well-equipped and ready to guide you through every step of the process.
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I contacted Ms Feldman regarding some of the intricacies of setting up a will and organizing our finances. She handled my request with professionalism, high level of knowledge and patience: she listened to all my questions and concerns and provided me with a detailed, precise consultation focused on my issues. I would gladly recommend dealing with Ms Feldman -- her attention to detail, people skills and most importantly level of expertise set a very high bar.
— ELANA
I highly recommend Yana for estate planning. She is extremely competent and compassionate. She advised me on estate planning and trusts and asked lots of questions that helped make sure my assets were protected and that I avoided undesirable downstream outcomes. She is very caring and sincere and makes you feel comfortable when talking about issues that can be sensitive. If you need estate planning Yana can help!
— SHELLEY
Yana was very quick to answer my questions about estate planning. Since I know very little about law, especially on this topic, I really appreciated her prompt, concise and easy to understand communication. Looking forward to continuing to work with Yana for future needs!
— ABIGAIL
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Whatever your future plans may be, our team can create an individualized plan to help you get there. Together, we can ensure that your loved ones are well cared for at every stage of life, and that everything you’ve worked so hard to build will be there for the next generation. Office hours are available by appointment in Sunset Park, Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan.
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Yana Feldman
Yana Feldman is the principal of New York Legacy Lawyers, located in New York City. Her practice focuses on holistic, client-centered planning with an emphasis on ensuring her clients’ dignity and independence as they age, as well as working with clients to create not only a financial legacy, but also one of personal values and non-monetary assets. Her goals include educating various communities on the importance of estate planning and elder law planning, including immigrant communities, as well as…
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Estate planning can be a difficult matter to address specifically because it forces people to confront their own morality. However, it is specifically because of our morality that we need to consider the prospect of preserving our estate for our family and our family’s future. The process of estate planning allows individuals to have more control over what happens next in their lives and even when they pass on.
At New York Legacy Lawyers, we dedicate our years of experience to helping our clients achieve their estate planning goals. We provide skilled legal counsel and a personalized approach to estate planning that takes careful consideration of the client’s needs.
Contact us today at (718) 713-8080 to speak with one of our experienced Brooklyn estate planning attorneys.
Estate planning is a collection of legal tools and processes that helps equip you for what can happen in your lifetime. The Estates, Powers, and Trusts law of New York governs the decision-making process that would be undertaken when a person is unable to make decisions for themselves or when they have not made decisions in advance.
If you pass away without a plan in place, your estate will be subject to the law on who can benefit from it. This may exclude people you would want to inherit if you had been able to make a choice.
Estate planning exists as a method for individuals to make their decisions clear on these decisions while they are capable, if/when they become incapacitated, and when they pass away.
These decisions can involve the following:
Estate planning is more than just creating wills or trusts. While they are some of the most popular and encompassing tools used in estate planning, there are other tools that you can use depending on your estate planning goals.
Before you make any decisions, consult an experienced Brooklyn estate planning attorney. A skilled attorney can help you determine your estate planning goals and walk you through the different tools available for you to achieve them. At New York Legacy Lawyers, our team of qualified Brooklyn attorneys can evaluate your financial situation and help build an appropriate plan that applies to your needs.
Contact us at (718) 713-8080 to schedule a consultation.
While most people think of estate planning as only something that wealthy people have the resources for, estate planning can have a lot of benefits for people from all walks of life. Each person’s needs can vary and there is no one-size-fits-all solution for determining what kind of plan works best for you.
The estate plan of a person who is planning to retire may be vastly different from the estate plan of a person who is just starting a family, divorcees may need extra safeguards for their plans, and parents with minor children would have to take additional consideration to ensure their children’s best interests.
Remember that your estate plan should change as you encounter different milestones in your life. Your estate plan should reflect and address the changing circumstances of your life.
If you are a young professional just striking it in the world, having an estate plan that addresses decisions about your medical care may be beneficial, especially if you live far away from home. Should you have pets, you may also include their care in your estate plan.
For those people who are married with children, safeguarding their future is their topmost priority. Who will look after your children and maintain their well-being when you have passed on is something that is one of the most important decisions that estate planning addresses.
There are also a lot of contingencies that you can prepare with an estate plan to ensure that your bases are covered. Would you prefer your spouse to have all of your assets when you pass on or do you want to give away some of your properties to other close relatives? If you have been divorced and have children with your ex-spouse, you may also be able to address their inheritance by including them in your will or as a beneficiary in your trusts or include choice organizations that you would like to benefit from donations from your estate.
Aside from addressing your family dynamics, your estate plan reflects your intent and choice. After working hard to accumulate your assets and properties for your whole life, estate planning is the method by which you can ensure that your beneficiaries receive what you want them to receive in a timely manner.
Estate planning involves making many important decisions precisely due to the impact they could have on the most important people in your life. It involves being able to use the law to your advantage which is why you need a qualified attorney on your side.
Our Brooklyn estate planning attorneys at New York Legacy Lawyers work diligently with our clients to create a personalized plan that addresses their concerns. Our practice is dedicated to equipping our clients with tools to aid them in planning for the future. We are here to help.
Contact our office at (718) 713-8080 or fill out our online form to schedule a consultation with one of our skilled Brooklyn elder law and planning attorneys.
Before you jump headlong into estate planning in Brooklyn, it is important to learn about the available options you have at your disposal and how they can help you achieve your goals. Planning your estate involves creating legal documents that spell out your intent on what happens to your estate, property, your minor children, your pets, and even yourself, when you are incapable of making those decisions for yourself.
As encompassing an estate plan can be, you can also use it for asset protection planning, availing of tax benefits, Medicaid planning, taking care of the guardianship of your children, avoiding estate litigation, and much more.
As a practice area largely associated with elder law, it is normal to think of planning your estate as something that you need to tackle once you reach an advanced age. This is not the case entirely and anyone who has an interest in planning for the future can benefit.
Our top-rated Brooklyn elder law and estate planning lawyers at New York Legacy Lawyers have the experience and knowledge necessary to guide you through creating your estate plan. The legal professionals in our law firm take pride in the work we do to provide our clients with a sense of security.
We conduct a comprehensive review of our clients’ profiles and recommend appropriate estate planning measures, whether it is the use of wills or trusts, or other such documents, that can benefit their particular circumstances.
To learn more about how we can help you, call (718) 713-8080 today to schedule a consultation.
It is the task of a Brooklyn elder law or estate planning lawyer to ensure that the estate plan and the documents involved are airtight. Part of this involves using precise wording to ensure that the intention of the owner of the plan is interpreted as clearly as possible and leaves no question. It is also the job of an attorney to ensure that the documents are submitted and filed properly to avoid potential legal issues down the line.
Probate is the process of distributing a person’s estate once they have passed away, either through the oversight of an executor or through the state’s intestacy laws. This is one of the processes an estate plan seeks to streamline. Depending on a person’s wishes, wills and trusts can be used to avoid probate entirely, and avoid estate litigation and taxes that can complicate the process. It is the job of a qualified Brooklyn estate planning and probate attorney to make sure that the will can stand the scrutiny of probate. Wills, trusts, and other such legal documents should also hold up against potential contests regarding the distribution of assets which can involve escalating a case to estate litigation.
A skilled Brooklyn attorney can also advise you of the potential benefits an estate plan can have such as Medicaid planning and asset protection. If you or a loved one think that you would be needing to avail of government benefits such as Medicaid, a skilled attorney can assist you in the steps to follow to ensure that your assets are protected from the Medicaid look-back period through specific types of trusts. Your attorney can also advise you on the potential benefits of using trusts to defend your assets against creditors.
Ultimately, your attorney should be able to sit down with you and discuss which options would work best for your case and tailor-fit your estate plan based on your and your family’s needs. Your Brooklyn lawyer should have the necessary experience to fulfill their fiduciary duty in helping plan your estate.
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