Private school or public? How do we model it?

As a defined multi-year commitment with a start and end date, not an open question. Thirteen years of New York private tuition compounds into a number that competes directly with retirement funding and any hope of buying more space. We model both paths against your retirement projection so the choice is made with the tradeoff visible rather than a year at a time.

We used a surrogate in New York. Are our parental rights secure?

New York's Child-Parent Security Act provides a strong statutory path, including pre-birth or post-birth orders of parentage. We still recommend obtaining and keeping the court order rather than relying on the birth certificate — a judgment is entitled to full faith and credit in every state, which matters if you travel or relocate.

Do we have to live in Park Slope to work with Aequitas?

No. Aequitas is fee-only and virtual-first — we work with LGBTQ+ households in Park Slope the same way we work with clients across NYC and the rest of the US. This page is written for the Park Slope demographic, not as a residency requirement.

Is there a minimum account size?

No asset minimum. Engagements are priced based on planning complexity, not portfolio size, so we can work with LGBTQ+ high earners still building wealth — not just clients who already have it.

What happens on the intro call?

Twenty minutes, video or phone. We ask what you're actually trying to figure out, share how Aequitas would approach it, and decide together whether an engagement makes sense. No pressure, no product pitch.

LGBTQ+ couple in Park Slope, NYC reviewing their financial plan

NYC · Park Slope

LGBTQ+ financial planning for Park Slope

Two-parent family, brownstone, real careers, real NY taxes. The plan should hold the family and the finances in the same conversation.

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Quick answer

Is there a financial advisor for LGBTQ+ households in Park Slope?

Yes. Aequitas Financial is a fee-only fiduciary practice serving LGBTQ+ professionals, couples, and families in Park Slope and across NYC. Meetings are virtual, there is no asset minimum or commission, and plans are built around NY tax, titling, and chosen-family protections.

Source: CFP Board — Code of Ethics & Standards of Conduct

Who this is for

Built for Park Slope LGBTQ+ households

Park Slope has one of the most established two-mom family communities in the country — brownstones, co-ops, and Prospect Park adjacency.

Second-parent adoption isn't automatic if you travel to certain states — the paperwork still matters.
College funding needs a 529 opened yesterday.
NY estate-tax cliff exposure with a brownstone in the mix.
Life insurance is uneven between the two parents.
Park Slope's family-oriented, queer-anchored market carries a $2,500–$3,800/mo LGBTQ+ safety premium over the tri-state — for a two-mom household with a brownstone and college on the horizon, that premium quietly redefines the 529 target.

On the ground

Park Slope: families, brownstones, and the childcare decade

Park Slope is where a lot of LGBTQ+ New York families land, and the financial profile is consistent: two solid incomes, a co-op or brownstone with substantial carrying costs, and children — which in New York City means either private school tuition rivaling a mortgage or a public school strategy with its own tradeoffs.

Family-building costs came first for many of these households, and they were significant. New York law is comparatively protective — the Child-Parent Security Act legalized compensated gestational surrogacy and created a streamlined path to parentage — but we still recommend a court order of parentage for non-genetic parents, because full faith and credit follows a judgment, not a birth certificate. On the tax side, the federal adoption credit is now partially refundable, and New York's 529 plan offers a state deduction worth capturing.

How we help Park Slope households

Second-parent adoption follow-through

Even with marriage, presumption laws don't travel reliably across state lines. We help you sequence and budget the second-parent adoption that makes parentage bulletproof in every state.

529s, life insurance, and the two-parent stack

Education funding, term coverage sized to what your family actually needs, and legal parentage locked down in every state you might travel through.

Estate documents that actually reflect your life

Wills, trusts, healthcare directives, and beneficiary audits refreshed for who you actually chose — not defaults written for someone else's family. Especially the pieces most Park Slope couples wrote a decade ago and haven't looked at since.

Next step

Go deeper, or just talk to us

Skim the broader context if you want more before reaching out — or book the call and we'll cover it live.

LGBTQ+ financial advisor in New York City

The city-wide overview: how Aequitas works with NYC LGBTQ+ households across cash flow, tax, investing, and estate.

LGBTQ+ tax & cost-of-living guide: NYC

State income tax, property tax, estate tax, and LGBTQ+ planning overlays specific to NYC.

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FAQ

Park Slope planning FAQs

This page is part of our wider guide to LGBTQ+ financial planning — how fee-only, fiduciary planning works for queer households, and which topic to start with.

Ready to talk through your plan?

On a free intro call we'll walk through where you are, what you're trying to figure out, and whether an engagement makes sense — no pressure.

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