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Does a trust beneficiary incur any personal liability?

As a general rule, one assumes no personal liability when one becomes a trust beneficiary. There are some exceptions, however. Charles E. Rounds, Jr. explains in Section 5.6 of Loring and Rounds: A Trustee’s Handbook (2012)....more

Eliminating the Risks of Separation for the "Un-Divorced"

Pamela Paul, in her New York Times article, The Un-Divorced, discusses the trend of couples separating, but not divorcing. The primary reasons that parties remain married, but separated are the practical and financial, not...more

Medical Insurance and Divorce: One Law Repealed- Another Enacted

Two years ago, Domestic Relations Law 177 was enacted, requiring parties to acknowledge their awareness that following the divorce they would no longer be eligible for medical insurance through their spouse on the basis of...more