Recent posts on Jewish Legal Perspectives- Fundamentals of Mesirah
- Decision on liability for unauthorized autopsy
- Appellate Court Affirms Decision Allowing Disinterment
- Seminar: To Be or Not to Be: The Convergence of Halacha, Law and Medicine in Matters of Death and Dying
- Delegating credit matters to employees may obligate business owners
- When Being Lubavitch is Not Enough
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Family Feud Over Estate Nears an End After 25 Years (NYTimes)
The New York Times published an interesting piece yesterday by Charles V. Bagli, Family Feud Over Estate Nears an End After 25 Years. The article begins: For nearly 30 years, Evelyn and Diana Sakow believed that their father, a small-time … Continue reading
Estate planning during a recession
For an article on some estate planning considerations (and reconsiderations) during a recession, see Smaller Though It May Be, It’s Time to Look at the Estate, by Paul Sullivan, New York Times, 3/20/2009. Excerpts from the article: The biggest issue, … Continue reading
French forced heirship law vs. New York public policy
According to a July 29, 2007, article in the New York Post: The jilted heir of storied Lazard Freres investment banker Andre Meyer, who advised Jackie Onassis, LBJ and William Paley, is making a desperate grab for his mother’s spent … Continue reading
Risks of stranger-originated life insurance policies (SOLI or STOLI)
Stranger-originated life insurance policies are pitched as cost-free and risk-free for the insured, but they actually pose significant risks. Continue reading
Posted in Elder Law, Life Insurance
Tagged Elder Law, Estate Planning, Life Insurance, public policy, scams, SOLI, STOLI
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Power of attorney created under the old New York statute still valid after 9/1/09
A valid New York power of attorney created prior to September 1, 2009, will remain valid after September 1, 2009. The agent does not have to be re-appointed using the new statutory short form. Continue reading
Posted in Estate Planning, Power of Attorney
Tagged Estate Planning, Power of Attorney
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Litigation over stranger-originated life insurance policies (SOLI or STOLI)
The New York Law Journal recently reported on a case involving a life insurance company’s refusal to pay a death benefit on a policy it considered a “stranger-originated life insurance” policy (known as SOLI or STOLI policies). In ruling on … Continue reading
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Tagged Elder Law, Estate Planning, Life Insurance, scams, SOLI, STOLI
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Estate Planning, Halacha and the Jewish Law of Inheritance
The question of whether wills are recognized by Halacha involves some of the fundamental concepts of Halacha (Jewish law) under a secular legal system. Rabbinic responsa regarding specific conflicts between the Jewish Law of Inheritance and the law of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Estate Planning, Halacha, Jewish Law of Inheritance
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Debt Collection Chicanery
The New York Times reported several days ago on what it calls the “newest frontier in debt collecting”: calling the decedent’s relatives and seeing if they will voluntarily pay the decedent’s debts. The article reports that the agencies report that … Continue reading
