Something that is often overlooked, when going through a divorce, is seeking an estate planning attorney to make the appropriate changes to your estate plan. Until your divorce is final you are still married, which could lead to a multitude of assumptions by the law if something happened to you. Ask yourself this question: Would […]
Is Asset Preservation Planning Moral?
Having an asset preservation plan in place can give you the peace of mind that you are protecting your property and life savings from long-term care costs. Last week, we discussed whether or not asset preservation planning was legal and while we came to terms with the legality of asset preservation planning, what about the […]
Is Asset Preservation Planning Legal?
Asset preservation planning is helpful for protecting your property and life savings from the potentially devastating cost of long-term care. With life expectancies increasing, the chance of needing long-term care later in life growing, the cost of long-term care increasing, and establishing eligibility for government assistance being made ever more difficult, now is decidedly the time […]
Does a Living Trust protect my life savings from long-term care costs?
A Living Trust is an important estate planning document that offers many advantages, including keeping your estate out of probate after you die. However, does a Living Trust protect your assets from long-term care costs? This question gets asked quite frequently and the answer is simply, no it does not. In this Elder Law Minute, […]
What you can and can’t keep with Medicaid: Second Residences and Rental Property
When it comes to second residences and rental property, the Medicaid rules are pretty clear that they aren’t exempt. However, there may be ways to preserve these assets as part of the asset preservation planning process. There are a lot of possible solutions and, although tricky, it just takes the right possible solution matched to […]
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