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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: The Duties of a Trustee under New York Law
Suppose you have been appointed as Trustee of a family member's testamentary or living trust. Notwithstanding Justice Cardozo's famous description of a Trustee as one who upholds "the punctilio of an honor the most sensitive" you may wonder about the practical implications of this high position. What acts are required of you?
 
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Immigration & Naturalization

Children & Immigration
In most cases, children born outside the U.S. are automatically granted American citizenship, as long as one of their parents is a U.S. citizen at the time of birth.
Citizenship
When you're a citizen of the United States, you're automatically granted several benefits.
Deportation
If you're an immigrant living in the United States as an alien and are facing deportation, you may be eligible under the Immigration and Nationality Act to have the deportation proceedings against you dropped by changing your alien status to a permanent resident status.
Employment
The Immigration and Naturalization Service, or INS, requires all employers to ensure that their employees are authorized to work in the United States.
General Information
Over the years, Congress has passed several laws giving amnesty, or legal forgiveness, to aliens who have managed to live and work in the United States illegally for a long period of time.
Green Cards
The Immigration and Naturalization Service grants a yearly minimum of 140,000 (one hundred and forty thousand) green cards to immigrants entering the United States on the basis of an employment opportunity.
Immigration & Naturalization
If you want to be a lawful permanent resident of the United States, you can obtain that status in a variety of ways.
Permanent Residence
Permanent residence is a status held by a person after qualifying and being registered by Immigration and Naturalization Services.
Refugees & Asylees
Asylum benefits used to be limited to people from certain countries, but now it's available to refugees worldwide.
Students & Immigration
Students will not be approved for an F-1 or M-1 visa unless the students can prove that they can financially provide for themselves and their education without needing to work.
Visas
There are a number of visas which would come under the category of Temporary Employment and Investor Visas, or Visas for Personnel. The most common of these are the 'H', 'L', and 'E' visas.





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Elder Law
Estates, Trusts, & Wills
Probate is a legal term for the court procedure of finalizing the affairs of a person who has died and left a will. More
Immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
When you're a citizen of the United States, you're automatically granted several benefits, including the right to vote. More
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