Beress & Zalkind PLLC

09/28/2026

Estate planning is not something you complete once and forget. Your family, finances, health, and priorities change over time. Your estate plan should change with them.

The right documents depend less on your age than on your current responsibilities, assets, and the people who depend on you.

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Estate planning is not something you complete once and forget. Your family, finances, health, and priorities change over time. Your estate plan should change with them. The right documents depend […]

09/28/2026

Your estate plan shouldn’t stay the same while your life keeps changing. 👀

From turning 18, to building a family, growing wealth, planning for retirement, and protecting the next generation — every stage of life comes with different estate planning needs.

A Power of Attorney may matter at 18.
A Will or Trust becomes critical when you build a family.
Later, your focus may shift to asset protection, Medicaid planning, tax planning, grandchildren, and your legacy.

The key? Review your plan as your life evolves.

Marriage. Divorce. A new baby. A new home. Retirement. Moving to another state. These are all good reasons to take another look at your estate plan.

📞 Beress & Zalkind PLLC
New York • New Jersey • Florida
(718) 513-3588 | (212) 390-0325 | (305) 209-0500

Your life changes. Your estate plan should too. 💙

09/22/2026

Many families operate on trust. Parents assume children will “do the right thing.” A family business may be passed down informally. One child may be expected to care for an aging parent. Parents may believe that everyone understands who should receive the house, who should manage the money, or who should help a family member in need. Unfortunately, what everyone understands within the family is not necessarily what the law will recognize.

This becomes particularly important for immigrant and multigenerational families, where assets, family members and traditions may span different states or even different countries. Family structure, cultural expectations, informal promises, language and cross border issues can all significantly affect estate planning.

Learn how thoughtful estate planning can protect your family’s wishes, address complex family dynamics, and prevent costly disputes and uncertainty.

09/17/2026

Your family may understand your wishes—but are they legally protected? 🤔⚖

For multigenerational families, a conversation or promise isn’t always enough. The right estate plan can help protect your loved ones, prevent misunderstandings, and make sure your wishes are carried out exactly as intended.

Whether your family spans generations, households, languages, or even countries, planning now can prevent problems later.

At Beress & Zalkind PLLC, we help families turn their wishes into legal protection.

📞 Manhattan: (212) 390-0325 | Brooklyn: (718) 513-3588 | Florida: (305) 209-0500

Planning today. Protecting tomorrow.

09/14/2026

A serious diagnosis affects more than health. It can change how a family earns, spends, saves, provides care and makes decisions. Good estate planning prepares for those changes before a crisis occurs.

A diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, dementia or another progressive or unpredictable condition often causes families to focus first on medical treatment. That is understandable. But chronic illness can also create a second set of challenges that may develop gradually and sometimes unexpectedly: Who will manage the finances if the individual cannot? How will care be paid for? Can a spouse access accounts? Who can speak with doctors? What happens to the home? Could an inheritance interfere with government benefits?

For families facing a chronic illness, estate planning is not simply about what happens at death. It is also about maintaining control, financial security and flexibility during life.

A serious diagnosis affects more than health. It can change how a family earns, spends, saves, provides care and makes decisions. Good estate planning prepares for those changes before a […]

09/09/2026

09/07/2026

Seeking a paralegal for a real estate & business law transactional practice. Basic knowledge of real estate transactions required along with strong work ethic, will train for advanced skills. Opportunity for career growth, training and learning new skills.

Full-time but open to part-time (in person)

08/27/2026

For many families, the greatest financial risk in retirement is not estate tax. It is the possibility that one spouse will require years of home care, assisted living, or nursing home care.

A family may have done everything that traditionally seemed responsible. They paid off their mortgage, accumulated retirement accounts, maintained savings, and prepared a Will. Then a stroke, a diagnosis of dementia, a fall, or another medical event suddenly changes the financial picture. The question is no longer simply, “Who receives my property when I die?” It becomes, “How do I pay for care without exhausting everything we spent a lifetime accumulating?”

That is where Medicaid planning becomes part of estate planning.

For many families, the greatest financial risk in retirement is not estate tax. It is the possibility that one spouse will require years of home care, assisted living, or nursing […]

08/17/2026

Большинство людей не любят принимать решения, которые невозможно изменить. Именно поэтому многие с опасением относятся к созданию безотзывного (Irrevocable) траста: само слово «безотзывной» звучит так, будто речь идет о чем-то окончательном, жестком и неизменном.

Такая реакция вполне понятна. Никому не хочется передавать свое имущество в юридическую структуру, которая не сможет адаптироваться к изменившимся жизненным обстоятельствам.

Большинство людей не любят принимать решения, которые невозможно изменить. Именно поэтому многие с опасением относятся к созданию безотзывного (Irrevocable) траста: сам...