Financial mistakes can haunt estate executors

Published on October 16, 2008

Many executors have learned the hard way that they are not off the hook for mistakes just because they rely on the counsel of attorneys, accountants or other professional advisers.

The emotional landmines of family caregiving

Published on June 19, 2008

A painful situation for the primary caregiver occurs when another close relative does little or nothing to help, but they are adored and praised by the senior anyway.

The emotional landmines of family caregiving

Published on June 19, 2008

A painful situation for the primary caregiver occurs when another close relative does little or nothing to help, but they are adored and praised by the senior anyway.

Cutting someone out of will can leave a legacy of pain

By Soriya Daniels
Published on August 2, 2007

Steve Kaplan had just finished sitting shiva for his mother when he was dealt another blow: He had been written out of her will.

‘Undue influence’ is dangerous form of elder abuse

By Rachelle Zukerman
Published on May 3, 2007

The elders in these scenarios do not have dementia. Most courts would find them competent. How then are they bamboozled into losing what has taken a lifetime to accumulate? These examples of financial abuse (a form of elder abuse) occurred because of an insidious process called undue influence.

Spectator - The Theme Park Without a Prayer

By Melanie Herschorn
Published on June 1, 2006

Bible Storyland must have a guardian angel. Dissolution by the clergy, dormancy for 45 years and a fatal fire were not powerful enough to erase the plans for this Bible-based theme park from history.

A School or a Shul?

By Julie G Fax
Published on March 2, 2006

Yavneh moved into the Tudor estate, which formerly housed the Whittier Law School, in 1999. The school has about 400 students in preschool through eighth grade, and insists it has worked hard to foster a good relationship with neighbors. But things have soured in the last few years, as Yavneh tests the strict limitations of its conditional-use permit.

Thinking Ahead

By Marlene Adler Marks
Published on May 16, 2002

Even hypothetically, it's not so simple. How do I feel about life-sustaining technology? At what point, if ever, would food and water be a form of futile prolonging of life?