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COVID 19 ALERT: The Law Firm of Mary LaManna-Ulrich is still open and is proud to announce measures taken to protect our clients during this pandemic, including offering

  • Phone consultations
  • Online and FaceTime consultations
  • Home visits available if outside seating and social distancing possible

The Law Firm of Mary LaManna-Ulrich offers these Covid 19 related services, and has been offering the following services to Merrick and the surrounding communities for over 14 years:

Estate Administration

  • Probate
  • Administration
  • Small Estates
  • Petition to Open Safe Deposit Box

Medicaid

  • Applications
  • Planning

Estate Planning

  • Last Will and Testament
  • Health Care Proxy
  • Power of Attorney
  • Living Will
  • Agent for Disposition of Remains
  • Living and Testamentary Trusts

Guardianships

  • Article 81 Guardianships of the Person and/or Property
  • Article 17A Guardianships

The importance of having advanced directives and an estate plan:

With the widespread pandemic of Covid 19 and its often debilitating effects, it is important to have a plan in place in case you are incapacitated. For instance, who will make health care decisions for you if you are unable to? Who will take care of your finances, or your children or pets? Who will apply for government benefits for you if needed and appropriate? And if you should pass away, who do you wish to provide for and how do you wish to provide for them?

These questions can be simply answered by speaking with me about your wishes and objectives, and preparing a Health Care Proxy, Power of Attorney, Last Will and Testament and possibly a living or testamentary trust. Please call the office for more information and to set up an appointment.

Estate Administration

If an individual passes away leaving assets (e.g. bank accounts) for which there are no named beneficiaries or joint account holders, an application to the Surrogate’s Court must be made to pass these assets on to beneficiaries.

Probate: Probate is the court-supervised process of authenticating a last will and testament if the deceased made one. It includes locating and determining the value of the person’s assets, paying their final bills and taxes, and distributing the remainder of the estate to the beneficiaries named in the Will.

Administration: When the deceased did not have a last will and testament and left assets totaling more than $50,000 without beneficiary designations of some sort, the estate must be “Administered”. This means the Court will appoint someone to do all of the things done for an estate in a probate proceeding and will determine who are the appropriate estate beneficiaries.