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Gene Kirzhner

Medical Powers Of Attorney 101

Medical durable powers of attorney, also known as health care proxies, are documents that allow third persons to speak on another’s behalf in order to convey the person’s medical and health care wishes.
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Gene Kirzhner

Petition for Probate: Opening a Probate Estate

Case: A gentleman who had been granted Durable Power of Attorney by his elderly mother needed to transfer money from her mutual funds account into a checking account of which he and his mother were joint owners.
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Gene Kirzhner

Rhode Island Estate Tax Update

Rhode Island, previously among the most unfriendly estate tax regimes in the country, has now increased its exemption amount to $1.5 million with the passage of the 2015 fiscal year budget bill.
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Gene Kirzhner

Protecting the Primary Residence

Beginning July 1, 2014, Rhode Island Medicaid planning became a little bit more difficult as one common option to protect the primary residence was “taken off the table”.
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Estate Planning For Same-Sex Couples

In light of the 2013 Windsor decision, which struck down as unconstitutional the portion of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that codified marriage as between man and woman
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Gene Kirzhner

Estate Recovery Under Obamacare

Under Obamacare, or The Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicaid enrollment is set to increase dramatically. Financial eligibility for the program has been broadened to include families below 138% of the federal poverty line in states
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