Tag Archives: Surrogates

New York Surrogate’s Court reverses Tax Department penalty on QTIP Trust

A New York Surrogate’s Court judge recently handed down a ruling striking down a substantial state Tax Department penalty levied against the surviving spouse who became the beneficiary of a qualified terminable interest property trust (QTIP) established by the deceased … Continue reading

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Article 17-A Guardianship of the Surrogate’s Court Procedure Act: Revisiting the Conundrum in the Courts

By Arshi Pal, Esq., Littman Krooks LLP New York State sets 18 as the age of majority and individuals who are 18 years of age or older are deemed to be legally competent to make their own personal, medical and … Continue reading

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Surrogate’s Court Sets Aside Fraudulent Conveyance Violative of Contract to Make a Testamentary Disposition

An individual who successfully executes a valid agreement relating to a piece of property within a testamentary disposition cannot alternatively dispose of the same property during life or at death. Schwartz v. Bourque involves three generations of women and a… … Continue reading

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Unbefriended and Unrepresented: Better Medical Decision Making for Incapacitated Patients without Healthcare Surrogates

Join me at UCLA on January 17, 2018 for "Unbefriended and Unrepresented: Better Medical Decision Making for Incapacitated Patients without Healthcare Surrogates." I have collected some resources here. Read more detail on Recent Health Care Law posts –

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Bad Surrogates Hastening Death

Not Dead Yet has a new set of humorous clips showing surrogates moving to hasten the death of patients in clearly inappropriate circumstances. To be more realistic, we should post clips showing surrogates moving to prolong the dying and suffering … Continue reading

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