Christine Woodcock Dettor

Member

cdettor@gslaw.com

Direct Dial: 315.701.6351
Direct Fax: 315.423.2819
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Practice

Christine practices in the areas of not-for-profit organizations, health care, professional practices, elder law, and trusts and estates.

Christine represents not-for-profit organizations with regard to formation, federal and state tax matters and compliance, liability concerns, governance and the structuring of charitable gift planning to include the drafting of endowment funds, donor advised funds, charitable remainder trusts and other charitable planned giving vehicles.

Christine's health law and professional practices experience includes advising physicians and hospitals on federal and state health care regulatory compliance, the incorporation and corporate governance of medical practices, the development of corporate compliance plans, the formation and merger and sale of professional practice groups, licensure issues, and risk management. She has served as general counsel for a rural hospital in Northern New York and for its Hospital Foundation since 2003 and handles medical staff, physician recruitment, stark, and antikickback matters.

Christine represents elderly and disabled individuals in the area of elder law and provides guidance regarding supplemental needs trusts, asset protection, Medicaid planning and guardianship matters. Christine prepares living wills, health care proxies and durable powers of attorney as well as revocable and irrevocable trusts for her clients.

Christine's trusts and estates and estate planning experience includes the planning and preparation of wills and trusts that anticipate tax, family management issues, discounting of gifts and transfers of assets to children and grandchildren. She assists clients in all aspects of the planning process, including the initial discussion of needs, anticipation of future issues, drafting and tailoring of documents, and completion of the plan, which may include deed transfers, changes in beneficiary designations and account transfers. She assists clients in all aspects of the probate process and with the transfers and funding of testamentary dispositions.

Professional and Community Involvement

New York State Bar Association, Health Law, Trusts and Estates, and Elder Law and Sections
Onondaga County Bar Association, Surrogates Court Committee
Central New York Women's Bar Association
Estate Planning Council of Central New York, Attorney Member
Central New York Community Foundation, Chair of the Board of Directors
Manlius Pebble Hill School, Planned Giving Committee Member and Past Alumnae Board Member
Leadership Greater Syracuse, Member, 2003 Graduate
AARP Legal Services Network, Attorney Member
Onondaga County Bar Foundation, Chair, Grants Committee
River Hospital and River Hospital Foundation, Corporate Counsel
State of New York Commission on Quality Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities, Surrogate Decision-Making Committee Panel
Central New York Business Journal "40 Under 40" Award Recipient, 2006
Friends of Jowonio, Past Board of Directors
Central New York Chapter of the Autism Society of America, Past Board of Directors
Wellesley College, Past Alumnae Admissions Representative

Recent Publications and Presentations

June 2010
Advanced Document Drafting for the Elder Law Practitioner - NYS Bar Association
May 2010
Elder Law Fair - Basic Estate Planning, Onondaga County Bar Association
October 2009
Estate Planning - Charitable Planning and Gifts to Minors, New York State Bar Association
June 2009
Top 10 Estate Planning Techniques, National Business Institute
May 2009
Basic Elder Law Practice, New York State Bar Association
May 2009
Elder Law Fair – Estate Planning, Onondaga County Bar Association
October 2008
Administering the Estate - Probate and the Administration of Estates, New York State Bar Association
September 2008
Surrogate's Court Practice & Procedure, Onondaga County Bar Association
May 2008
Elder Law Fair – Estate Planning, Onondaga County Bar Association
May 2008
Beyond Medicaid: Alternatives Methods for Financing Long-Term Care, New York State Bar Association
October 2007
Introduction to Estate Planning, New York State Bar Association
February 2007
Protecting Your Family's Future
November 2006
Operating the New York Not-For-Profit Organization: Current Issues and Best Practices, New York State Bar Association
November 2006
Onondaga County Surrogate's Court Practice, Onondaga County Bar Association
October 2006
Probate and the Administration of Estates, New York State Bar Association
April 2006
Estate Planning for Family Members with Disabilities, Central New York Autism Society of America
March 2006
Medicaid and Elder Law Issues in New York, Lorman Educational Services, Inc.
June 2005
Estate Planning and Will Drafting, New York State Bar Association