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Law Firm focused on complete estate planning and elder law needs for New York families including wills, trusts, medicaid planning, guardianship for minor children, powers of attorney, health care proxies, living wills, etc.

05/29/2026

Most estate plans cover what happens to your assets when you die. Very few cover what happens to your surviving spouse's tax bill the year after.

The widow penalty is real. The window to plan around it closes the moment one spouse is gone. A Personal Family Lawyer raises this conversation while there is still time to do something about it.

📲 Book a call with us to learn how to protect the person you love most. 👇 https://www.guigalaw.com/get-started | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crystalguiga/

05/28/2026

Same income. Same Social Security check. Bigger tax bill.

Just because you are now filing alone. This week's article explains the widow penalty trap.

Read the article now 👇 hhttps://www.guigalaw.com/post/no-one-warned-her-about-the-widow-penalty-her-first-tax-return-did | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crystalguiga/

05/27/2026

There is a question most estate plans never ask. What does your spouse's financial life look like after you are gone?

A Personal Family Lawyer raises it. Most estate planning attorneys do not. Link in bio to start that conversation.

Let's make sure your loved ones are covered. Book a complimentary 15-minute discovery call today. 👇 https://www.guigalaw.com/get-started | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crystalguiga/

05/26/2026

More than $17,000 in additional taxable income. Same house. Same savings. Just a different box checked on the tax return.

This week's Q&A graphic breaks it down. Swipe, then link in bio for the full article.

Read the article now 👇 https://www.guigalaw.com/post/no-one-warned-her-about-the-widow-penalty-her-first-tax-return-did | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crystalguiga/

05/25/2026

Nobody warned her about the widow penalty. She found out about it in April after her husband died.

This week's blog is about what the widow penalty costs, who it hits, and what couples can do about it now while there is still time.

Read it now. 👇 https://www.guigalaw.com/post/no-one-warned-her-about-the-widow-penalty-her-first-tax-return-did | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crystalguiga/

05/22/2026

"The document looked fine. The bank said no."

This is one of the most common situations I see, and one of the most preventable.
A Power of Attorney that has never been registered at your financial institution is a plan that hasn't been tested yet. Let's fix that before a crisis does it for you.

📲 Book a call with us to learn how to protect the person you love most. 👇 https://www.guigalaw.com/get-started | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crystalguiga/

05/21/2026

Did you know? Many major banks have their own internal POA forms. A valid, attorney-drafted document can be rejected simply because it is not THEIR paperwork.

Knowing that ahead of time is the difference between a plan that exists and a plan that works. This week's article explains what that looks like.

Read the article now 👇 https://www.guigalaw.com/post/the-document-that-fails-when-you-need-it-most | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crystalguiga/

05/20/2026

Legal documents alone are not a plan. And they can fail. Here’s what that looks like if you are relying on a POA. Or even a POD or TOD. Future article coming on that.

Let's make sure your family is covered. Book a complimentary 15-minute discovery call today. 👇 https://www.guigalaw.com/get-started | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crystalguiga/

05/19/2026

A bank may reject a valid Power of Attorney to protect itself from liability. Once the account holder has lost capacity, there may be no one the bank can call to confirm that the document is legitimate, so it errs on the side of caution. Sometimes, extreme caution.

Read the article now 👇 https://www.guigalaw.com/post/the-document-that-fails-when-you-need-it-most | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crystalguiga/

05/18/2026

You signed the Power of Attorney. You thought your family was protected. Here's what most families discover at the bank counter during a crisis: A valid POA can be rejected, and there's very little recourse in the moment. This week’s article dives into why this happens and what to do about it before you actually need it.

Read it now. 👇 https://www.guigalaw.com/post/the-document-that-fails-when-you-need-it-most | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crystalguiga/

05/15/2026

He built a $1.2 billion company. He wrote a book called Delivering Happiness. He died without a will. Don't be Tony.

Tony Hsieh spent his career devoted to joy. He left the people he loved with years of public legal chaos. The plan doesn't have to be complicated. It just has to exist.
One conversation with a Personal Family Lawyer® attorney can change everything.

📲 Book a call with us to learn how to protect the person you love most. 👇 https://www.guigalaw.com/get-started | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crystalguiga/

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1682 Victory Boulevard
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