Elder Law Answers
Can you recommend a source for a typical agreement with an elder law attorney? We realize every agreement is unique, but we would like to compare our attorney's proposed language. We are particularly interested in deliverables and reasonable percent of...
Read moreMy mother named her financial adviser and his children as beneficiaries in her will. Is it legal for her attorney to allow this?...
Read moreMy grandmother died with a substantial Medicaid bill. She inherited an income-producing property from her father. The total amount her estate owes to Medicaid is more than the value of the property. Will Medicaid allow the estate to pay off...
Read moreMy eldest sister is the executor of our mother’s estate. She found additional money that belonged to my mother. She is not following my mother’s will and dividing the additional money between all siblings. Instead, she said she is keeping...
Read moreIf I create a living trust, should I reassign the ownership of my life insurance policies to the living trust? I think I need to at least change the beneficiaries of the life insurance policies to the living trust, right? ...
Read moreMy father had a stroke last week, and the hospital he is in wants to discharge him to the local nursing home, which has a bed for rehab. Our family wants him to go to an inpatient rehab facility for...
Read moreMy father-in-law is in a nursing home that costs $7,000 a month. We have spent through all of our savings and retirement funds to pay for the nursing home. I now want to apply for Medicaid for him. He receives...
Read moreMy mother-in-law has lived with my husband and me for seven years. She is disabled. She is responsible for her expenses, but she pays nothing to live with us. She wants to apply for Medicaid. The Medicaid form asks for...
Read moreMy mother is 90 years old and owns a house with no mortgage. Seven years ago she had trouble keeping up with taxes, so she added her daughter and her daughter’s husband to the deed. They paid the taxes with...
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