Caregiving, Elder Law Coronavirus Deaths Encourage New Elder Law Guidelines Delegates for the Association for Behavioral Analysis’ recently approved several guidelines related to the news of older people in the … April 7, 2022 2 MIN READ
Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Special Administrators, Wills Understanding Special Administrators: Lessons Learned from In Re Estate of Jones The South Dakota Supreme Court recently reversed a circuit court’s order denying a petition pursuing appointment of a special administrator … March 24, 2022 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning The Residential Property Condition Disclosure Act and Estate Planning: Lessons Learned from Rickard v. Coulimore In the recent case of Rickard v. Coulimore the plaintiff purchased the subject residential real estate from a living trust. … March 24, 2022 2 MIN READ
Elder Law Updates Made to State Voting Laws for People with Limited Capacity Fewer rights are more fundamental than the right to vote in the United States. Unfortunately many people take the right … March 24, 2022 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Medicaid Planning, Senior Health Care Dobson Highlights Challenges with Medicare Part D Medication Coverage On February 11 2022 the appellate court for the 11th circuit reversed a decision by a lower court. The appellate … March 24, 2022 2 MIN READ
Estate Planning, Estate Taxes, Gift tax, Inheritance Trusts, Minor Trusts What to Consider Following the Increase in the Annual Gift Tax Exclusion In 2022 the annual exclusion for federal Gift Taxes was increased to $16 000 per individual annually. Even though a … March 14, 2022 2 MIN READ
Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Wills Crisis and Estate Planning Documents The 2020s have been filled with tension. First in 2020 the Covid-19 pandemic emerged. Then race tensions hit an all-time … March 14, 2022 2 MIN READ
Caregiving, Elder Law, Senior Health Care Geriatric Guidelines Suggest How to Improve Elderly Care The substantial growth of elderly adults in the United States leads to more emergency room visits and complications from injuries … March 14, 2022 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Financial Planning What Should You Do After a Loved One Passes Away? When a person passes away survivors almost always remember the need to take several important actions. Often some of these … March 14, 2022 2 MIN READ
Irrevocable Trust Medicaid Asset Protection Trust (MAPT) v. Life Estate Deed Clients often ask whether the home should be deeded to the client’s adult children while retaining a life estate in … May 3, 2024 2 MIN READ
Elder Law, Elder law estate planning, Senior Financial Exploitation The Mickey Rooney Example: Be Clear About Funeral & Burial Plans Legendary actor Mickey Rooney died earlier this month at the age of 93. Over the later course of his life … April 16, 2014 2 MIN READ
Elder Law Can I Get Kicked Out of My Assisted Living Home? A recent story out of Virginia recently received a great deal of national attention. An 83-year-old grandmother of five and … December 15, 2019 2 MIN READ
