Scams and Medicaid Estate Recovery
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The passage of Estate Recovery laws will give rise to new scams. Unscrupulous individuals will use estate recovery to try to scare senior citizens into purchasing products that are not in their best interests. Individuals over age 55 can expect…
Estate Recovery and Medicaid Nursing Home Benefits
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Estate Recovery means that people who receive Medicaid benefits for nursing home level care can be subject to repaying the state for the costs of their care after they die. Typically, that means a claim against the home of the…
When a Family Member is Close to Death
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Dealing with a death in the family is always a difficult time. Today, many deaths come not unexpectedly, but after lengthy hospital stays or situations where the family has had time to prepare. While this time can make it easier…
How Should I Divide My Assets?
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A lot of times when I’m meeting with clients they will ask me “how should we leave our stuff?” They have children, grandchildren, siblings, parents, nieces, nephews, charities they like to support and they are having trouble figuring out what…
Help, I need to change my trust!
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Trusts were once considered to be only for those with extensive estate assets; however, those days are long gone. Today, even someone with a modest estate can potentially benefit from the inclusion of a trust in his or her estate…
Have You Planned for Long Term Care Costs?
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Intelligent retirement planning is going to include anticipating the expenses that you may incur during your twilight years. It is not uncommon for people to require living assistance late in their lives, and this can be quite expensive. So you…
Keep Your Estate Plan Up-to-Date
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What image pops into your head when you think “Last Will and Testament”? For most of us, it is an image cloaked in formality, a thick stack of paper full of detailed directions clearly establishing our wishes. For others, scribbles…
Did you know that Probate proceedings are public?
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I came across an interesting site the other day. It appeared to be an Excel spreadsheet of all of the decedent’s probate cases filed in the state of Colorado on a particular day. The wordpress site on which this information…
Take a look at your assets….
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As we head into tax season, now is an excellent time to take a moment to make sure that your assets are correctly titled to your family’s living trust (if you have one). Assets held by your trust should say…
MAKING FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
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Making funeral arrangements can help you and your family with peace of mind during a difficult period. Sometimes it is easier to make arrangements for a loved one’s passing before his or her time instead of in the midst of…