by Matthew Dopkin, Esq. | Aug 21, 2020 | Estate Planning
Creating an Estate Plan During Unusual Times Between March and August 2020, the unemployment rate in the United States has remained above 10%. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic has likely made it difficult to seek out legal or other services in your community....
by Matthew Dopkin, Esq. | Aug 1, 2019 | Estate Planning
by Matthew B. Dopkin, Esq. Everyone, regardless of the size of their estate, should have an estate plan consisting of at least four basic documents. These four documents — a will or trust, a financial power of attorney, a health care power of attorney and a living...
by Matthew Dopkin, Esq. | Feb 6, 2013 | Estate Planning, Medicare
February 6, 2013 by MDOPKIN Need Help Paying Medicare Part D Premiums, Copays & Deductibles? Even with the best of Medicare coverage, you can expect that it will not cover all the costs that an elder will spend for health care and prescription drugs. The rest will...
by Matthew Dopkin, Esq. | Dec 18, 2012 | Estate Planning, Medicare
December 18, 2012 by MDOPKIN Medicare is the federally funded and federally administered program that pays for doctor visits, outpatient care, hospital care and prescription drugs for people over the age of 65. It also covers people under 65 who have disabilities and...
by Matthew Dopkin, Esq. | Jul 3, 2012 | Estate Planning, Tax Law
July 3, 2012 by MDOPKIN If you are seeking to leverage your wealth and distribute as much as possible to your children (or grandchildren), then you may have a limited opportunity to capitalize on that desire. As you may know, when 2010 began, the cap for...
by Matthew Dopkin, Esq. | Jun 25, 2012 | Estate Planning, Tax Law
June 25, 2012 by MDOPKIN The Federal Estate Tax The only thing consistent about the federal estate tax has been how much it has been changing since 2001. The two key components of this change have been the tax rate and the value of assets an individual...
