Unexpected Troubles When a Client Dies:
Resolving Issues and Conflicts at the Time of Death
Monday, April 8, 2019 | 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
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Program Fee:
Live Webcast: $49 for Members | $99 for Nonmembers
In-House Counsel: Free for Members | $79 for Nonmembers
Members who are Recent Law Graduates (not yet admitted), Newly Admitted Lawyers, Judges (and their staff), or attorneys that practice within the Government, Academic or Not-for-Profit sectors attend this program for free.
CLE Credit:
New York: 2.5 Skills
New Jersey: 2.9 General
California: 2.5 General
Pennsylvania: 2.0 General
Please Note: Newly admitted NY attorneys (admitted within the last two years) cannot fulfill skills credits through our webcast programs since they are not considered “fully interactive videoconference” under OCA rules. For more information on this, please see http://www.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/changes_for_2016.shtml.
Description:
Trust & estates attorneys, elder law attorneys, and others who counsel older or disabled clients need to be familiar with unexpected problems that can happen when a client dies and family conflicts arise about funeral and other decisions they must make. What must you do and what can you do to enable your clients, their family and friends, to make the best decisions when they don’t all agree? This non-denominational panel discussion will address key legal, ethical, and practical questions, such as:
- Who has decision making authority
- What is the role of the funeral director
- Deaths at home and what needs to be done
- Formalities of making decisions and challenging them
- Decisions concerning autopsy
- Issues that may result from varying religious beliefs
- Mechanisms to avoid or resolve disputes
- Legal documents which could be helpful
Click Here to View Program Agenda & Faculty
Program Chair:
Peter N. Strauss, Pierro, Connor & Strauss, LLC
Sponsoring Association Committees:
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Charles M. Newman, Chair
Legal Problems of the Aging, Britt Burner, Chair
Senior Lawyers, Barry M. Bloom, Chair
Trusts, Estates & Surrogates Courts, Andrew S. Auchincloss, Chair