Newspaper Column The Caregiver As Invisible Patient Doctors and other professionals may forget to ask caregivers how they are coping with the care of another. Queries such … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column Prenuptial Agreements Prenuptial agreements ("prenups") are contracts entered into by a couple before marriage setting out the rights of the parties in … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column Integrity And Gratitude If we had to choose only two concepts as a prescription for a good life, they would be integrity and … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column The Farmer’s Daughters A farmer came in to see us recently with this dilemma. He had a working farm where his twenty something … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column Accepting What Is As estate planners, we consistently meet with people who are suffering from traumatic relationships with their children or grandchildren. Children … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column The Young Family Estate Plan (yfep) Parents of young children often overlook the need to plan for death or disability. Many believe they don’t have enough … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column Medicaid Exempt Assets Under Medicaid, the combined assets of spouses are available for the care of the ill or “institutionalized” spouse, regardless whose … September 30, 2025 1 MIN READ
Newspaper Column Planning For And Executing Inheritances (part One) Most families choose to leave the inheritance “to my children in equal shares, per stirpes.” Per stirpes is Latin meaning … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Newspaper Column Leaving Assets To Minors Generally, parents leave their assets to the children thinking that the children will then take care of their children. Occasionally, … September 30, 2025 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Gift tax, Trusts GRATs – A Good Idea in this Low Interest Rate Environment? A post over at Think Advisor last week provides some helpful insight into one financial and estate planning tool which … August 6, 2013 2 MIN READ
How Will the New Tax Bill Impact Older Americans? The $1.5 trillion tax bill passed last year will likely have far reaching consequences on millions of seniors across the … July 5, 2018 2 MIN READ
Elder Law The Fine Print in Nursing Home Contracts When we send our beloved elders to a nursing home we expect them to receive the care and attention need … May 18, 2017 2 MIN READ