by admin | Jul 25, 2011 | Connecticut Estate Planning Attorney Blog, Medicaid and Long Term Care
Medicaid planning: Bad news for Connecticut spouses applying for Medicaid. If one spouse is in a nursing home (“Institutionalized Spouse”) and the other spouse remains at home (“Community Spouse”) federal law allows the Community Spouse to keep ½ of the couple’s...
by admin | Jun 25, 2011 | Connecticut Estate Planning Attorney Blog, Estate Planning
Estate planning: Complicating news for Connecticut estate planning. This session of the Legislature reduced the Connecticut Estate Tax exemption for property passing to a non-spouse beneficiary from $3,500,000.00 to $2,000,000.00. The reduction of the exemption is...
by admin | Mar 29, 2011 | Connecticut Estate Planning Attorney Blog, Medicaid and Long Term Care
The general background. Nursing homes continue to feel the same financial squeeze that individuals and families have been feeling. As a consequence, we have noticed much more aggressiveness by nursing homes in going after all potential sources of payment for unpaid...
by admin | Mar 28, 2011 | Business Transactions, Connecticut Estate Planning Attorney Blog, Digital and Social Media
All too often, when individuals or businesses hire website developers, there is confusion over who “owns” the domain name. A domain name is the last two portions of a web address, for example “cantorfloman.com.” Who “owns” a domain name? Legally speaking,...
by admin | Mar 7, 2011 | Business Transactions, Connecticut Estate Planning Attorney Blog, Newsletter
If your business entity has multiple owners, it is important to have a buy/sell agreement describing what happens following the death or disability of one of the owners. Typically, the agreement provides for the mandatory or optional buy-out of the deceased/disabled...
