By Roman Aminov, If you have recently been appointed executor or administrator in another state or country and discovered that the decedent owned property in New York, you are likely facing a question nobody prepared you for. How do you get legal authority over assets in a state where you were never appointed? The answer […]

By Roman Aminov, For most families, a child's 18th birthday is a celebration. For parents of a son or daughter with an intellectual or developmental disability, it often arrives with a jolt of legal reality. The day your child becomes a legal adult is the day your parental authority effectively disappears, even if nothing about […]

By Roman Aminov, If you own property in New York, have a family to provide for, or simply want to keep the state from deciding what happens to everything you've built, the question isn't whether you need an estate plan. The question is which tools belong in it. For most New York families, the decision […]

By Roman Aminov, Most people never think about trust accountings until something goes wrong. Maybe a parent passed away years ago, a sibling was named trustee, and the financial updates that once trickled in have stopped entirely. Phone calls go unanswered. Requests for bank statements are met with deflection. The trust was supposed to provide […]

By Roman Aminov, There is a question families across New York City quietly wrestle with, often for months before they say it out loud: Mom keeps forgetting to take her medication. Dad gave his credit card number to a stranger on the phone. The bills are piling up. At what point does concern become a […]