Tag: Planning
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From “Emergency Orders” to the 2026 Electronic Wills Act: The Future of NY Estate Planning
The executive orders issued on March 19 and April 7, 2020 (EO 202.7 and 202.14), were watershed moments for the New York legal landscape. They introduced the first rigorous framework for Remote Notarization and Remote Witnessing to ensure that essential life-planning documents—like wills, living trusts, and powers of attorney—could still be executed during the height…
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Estate Planning in the 2026 Landscape: Lessons from the Pandemic Shift
The surge in estate planning requests triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally changed how we approach mortality and legacy. As experts like Daniel S. Rubin noted during the crisis, the fear of incapacitation spurred a “virtual soft-shoe” to execute documents like Wills, Living Trusts, and Health Care Proxies under strict social distancing mandates. In 2026,…