Elder Law Answers
My mom wants to give me money to purchase a house – between $14,000 and $24,000. It is my understanding that if she should decide to go to a nursing home within five years they could come back and take...
Read moreMy mom has been diagnosed with altered mental status including: REM sleep behavior disorder, cerebral degeneration, and non-Alzheimer’s-type dementia, possibly Lewy body dementia. Is she legally able to sign a will and make changes to insurance polices that she bought 20...
Read moreMy mom recently became a resident of a nursing home and is hoping to qualify for Medicaid. She has had a trust set up for more than five years for her home and also some stocks and bonds. She is...
Read moreHow much money can I gift to my children and grandchildren each year without tax penalties to me or to them? ...
Read moreI was married to my first husband for 14 years, until he died. I got married again for another 18 years, until the second husband's death. A few months before I turned 60 I married for a third time. Now, approaching age...
Read moreMy 89-year-old mother-in-law was cut off from Medicaid because she did not fill out some forms. She has been in and out of the hospital the last few months and is now on her deathbed in the hospital. When we...
Read moreIs a charitable gift to a community foundation subject to Medicaid look-back? I would like to give some money to a local foundation so they can set up a fund to distribute grants to certain area charities. If I have...
Read moreMy mother-in-law is widowed and has been bedridden for one-and-a-half years. We currently have live-in help to assist her 24/7 in her own home. We have been paying this person in cash without a detailed paper trail of expenditures. If...
Read moreOn the advice of my mother's attorney and because of my mom's advanced dementia, we were encouraged to transfer the title of her home to my sister, my brother, and me equally. My sister's son, moved in with mom over...
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