• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

The Law Offices of Mary Miller P.C.

Estate Planning & Elder Law

  • Home
  • Our Firm
    • ABOUT MARY MILLER
    • About Our Firm
    • About The American Academy
    • Advantages of Working With Our Firm
  • Services
    • Asset Protection & Business Planning
    • Estate and Gift Tax Figures
    • Estate Planning Services
    • Family Owned Business
    • Incapacity Planning
    • Legacy Planning
    • LGBTQ Estate Planning
    • Pet Planning
    • Special Needs Planning
    • Trust Administration & Probate
  • Elder Law
    • Are You a Caregiver?
    • Coping with Alzheimer’s
    • Emergency Medicaid and Nursing Home Planning
    • Guardianship and Conservatorship
    • Hospice-care
    • Loss of a Loved One
    • Medicaid Planning
    • Veterans Pension Benefits
  • Seminars
  • Reports
    • Advanced Estate Planning
    • Basic Estate Planning
    • Estate Planning for Niches
    • Trust Administration
  • Resources
    • Elder Law Resources
      • Elder Law & Medicaid Definitions
      • Elder Law Reports
    • Estate Planning
      • Estate Planning Checkup
      • Estate Planning Definitions
      • Estate Planning Reports
      • Incapacity Planning Definitions
      • Is Your Estate Plan Outdated?
      • 4 Times You Need to Update Your Estate Plan
      • Top 10 Estate and Legacy Planning Techniques
    • Frequently Asked Questions
      • Estate Planning FAQ’s
      • Frequently Asked Questions for Families Without an Estate Plan
      • Legacy Wealth Planning FAQ’s
      • LGBTQ Estate Planning Frequently Asked Questions
      • Trust Administration & Probate Frequently Asked Questions
    • LGBTQ Resources
    • Pre Consultation Form
    • Probate Resources
      • Probate Checklist for Executors and Administrators in New York
      • Probate Resources for New York Families
      • Tarrytown Probate Resources
    • Special Needs Resources
    • Newsletters
    • Trust Probate
      • Bereavement Resources
      • How to Know if You Need Extra Help With Your Grieving
      • Loss of a Loved One
      • The Mourner’s Bill of Rights
      • Things You Need To Do When a Loved One Passes Away With a Trust
      • Things You Need To Do When a Loved One Passes Away With a Will
      • Trust Administration & Probate Definitions
  • Reviews
    • Our Reviews
    • Review Us
  • Communities We Serve
    • Westchester County
      • Harrison
      • Hartsdale
      • Scarsdale
      • Tarrytown
      • White Plains
      • Yonkers
  • BLOG
  • Contact Us
  • Attend a Free Seminar
  • Sign Up For Our Newsletter
  • Show Search
Hide Search
Home / Resources / Estate Planning / Estate Planning Reports

Reports

Special Reports are written on topics that affect various aspects of estate planning and the laws that govern it.

FREE ACCESS TO OUR SPECIAL REPORTS

These reports are published by the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys and cover a wide-variety of subjects relating to estate planning. Click on a report title to read more or to order a complimentary copy.

15 Common Reasons To Do Estate Planning
15 Common Reasons To Do Estate Planning

Find out the most common reasons why it is important to do estate planning such as avoiding probate, protecting your assets and designating someone who will manage your affairs after your pass away. These are all important matters that should not be ignored.

Planning It Right the Second Time Around
Planning It Right the Second Time Around

One thing should be clear by now: we do our families and ourselves a great disservice when we fail to plan for every contingency. That’s why a crucial first step in this entire process should be a consultation with an estate planning attorney.

Living Trusts: Calculating the Benefits
Living Trusts: Calculating the Benefits

Chances are you’ve already heard a lot about the attributes of Living Trusts: avoiding probate and legal quagmires, sometimes lowering estate and/or income taxes and protecting privacy.

Dangers of Do-It-Yourself Wills and Living Trusts
Dangers of Do-It-Yourself Wills and Living Trusts

Estate planning is an essential part of life and death. In planning for our future and our family’s future, we must take stock of who we are, what our goals are, and how we want our estate distributed.

Where There’s a Will, There’s a Probate
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Probate

Would you like to know the intimate details of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ life? You don’t have to read her story in the tabloids or wait for the latest unauthorized biography.

Trust Administration: Prior Planning Prevents Problems
Trust Administration: Prior Planning Prevents Problems

Trust Administration is the process people often find themselves in unexpectedly, after the death of a spouse or parent who created the trust prior to passing on.

The Trouble of Joint Tenancy
The Trouble of Joint Tenancy

Although Joint Tenancy offers some short-term conveniences, in the long run it poses a host of problems that can cost you and your loved ones many times the expense and headaches you thought you were avoiding.

Set The Stage for Medicaid Eligibility
Set The Stage for Medicaid Eligibility

Incapacity planning is a broad area of law that covers how you are cared for if you become physically or mentally unable to care for yourself.

Probate: An Executor’s Role and Responsibilities
Probate: An Executor’s Role and Responsibilities

The passing of someone close to you is a difficult and emotionally draining time. The last thing you likely want to deal with is the business of settling your loved one’s final affairs. But, if you are a potential executor, it’s one of those things that must be done, and it’s not as horrible as you may have feared.

Estate Planning with Individual Retirement Accounts
Estate Planning with Individual Retirement Accounts

At first glance, the concept of an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) seems simple enough: a structured way to save for your golden years while deferring taxes on your growing nest egg.

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Where we are

The Law Offices of Mary Miller P.C.
520 White Plains Road, Suite 500
Tarrytown, New York 10591
United States (US)
Phone: 914-939-6565

Opening hours

Monday9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Tuesday9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Wednesday9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Thursday9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday9:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Map

map for The Law Offices of Mary Miller P.C. office
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

© 2021 · American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys, Inc. | Disclaimer | Privacy Policy | Sitemap | Contact Us