Estate Planning

Increasingly, several generations of American families are living together. These multi-generational living arrangements present legal and financial challenges around home ownership.

Have you been officially asked to manage someone else's money?  Four new guides help people who have been given the important responsibility of managing money or property for someone else. ...

A federal court has ruled that banks can’t foreclose on surviving spouses of reverse mortgage holders when the spouses can’t pay off the mortgage. ...

The Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (UGMA) and the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) are sometimes called the “granddaddies” of college savings accounts.

Elderlaw 101

A North Dakota court decision involving a trust highlights the importance of taking current and potential step-relationships into account when planning your estate.

Any complete estate plan should include a medical directive, which can encompass a number of different documents. ...

Elderlaw 101

Spouses need to be very careful or they could end up legally responsible for the cost of their husband’s of wife's nursing home care, as a recent Massachusetts court decision demonstrates.

Your will is a legally-binding statement directing who will receive your property at your death.  Why should you have a will? Here are some reasons.

Elderlaw 101

Just as we create estate plans for our eventual demise, we also need to plan ahead for the possibility that we will become sick and unable to make our own medical decisions. ...

Elderlaw 101