Estate and disability planning is a crucial aspect of safeguarding your future and that of your loved ones. It involves creating a strategy for managing your assets and ensuring that your health and personal care preferences are respected, even if you become unable to make decisions for yourself. This process includes drafting key documents such as wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and healthcare directives.
At the Law Office of Angela Siegel, we are committed to providing tailored estate and disability planning services that meet the unique needs and goals of each client. Angela Siegel, operating out of Garden City and serving clients throughout New York and Florida, specializes in creating detailed, legally robust plans that secure our clients’ legacies and offer peace of mind for the future.
Essential Legal Documents
Our practice, serving both New York and Florida, prepares various crucial legal documents to ensure your and your family’s future security:
- Wills: Directing the distribution of your assets according to your wishes.
- Trusts: Offering flexible solutions for asset management and protection, including supplemental needs trusts for disabled beneficiaries to ensure they do not lose government aid.
- Health Care Proxies/Living Wills: Making sure your medical and end-of-life preferences are honored.
- Life Insurance Trusts: Managing and protecting life insurance proceeds for the benefit of your heirs.
- Durable Powers of Attorney: Authorizing a trusted individual to manage your financial and legal affairs if incapacitated.
- Prenuptial Agreements: Safeguarding your interests by defining pre-marital assets.
- Medicaid and Asset Protection Trusts: Protecting your assets against the costs of long-term care.
Strategic Estate and Disability Planning
Our strategic planning focuses on minimizing taxes, shielding assets from catastrophic healthcare costs, and ensuring that both your immediate and future needs are met. For clients with property in multiple states, we specialize in creating multi-state plans to streamline the probate process and ensure consistent legal protection across state lines.
Additional Legal Services
- Nursing Home and Long-Term Care Planning: Addressing potential long-term care needs and strategies to manage nursing home expenses.
- Guardianship: Assisting in setting up legal guardianship for special needs children to provide continued support into adulthood.
- Tax Planning: Offering expert advice on managing estate and gift taxes to preserve your financial legacy.
Client-Centric Legal Support
The Law Office of Angela Siegel is dedicated to delivering personalized, compassionate legal services. We recognize the sensitive nature of estate and disability planning and strive to provide our services in a manner that respects your family’s circumstances and timing.
Personalized Estate and Disability Planning
Effective estate and disability planning provides clear directives for the management of your assets and medical care, alleviating potential stress and financial burdens on your family. This planning is essential not only for asset distribution but also for ensuring that your care preferences are upheld, providing vital support and closure for your loved ones.
Contact Our New York & Florida Estate and Disability Planning Attorney
To discuss your estate and disability planning needs with a dedicated lawyer, contact the Law Office of Angela Siegel online or call us at 516-741-6100. Our team is prepared to help you secure your legacy and protect the future of your family with comprehensive and customized legal strategies.