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• Creating an Estate Plan for a Child with Special Needs

  February 17, 2022

  “As special needs parents we don’t have the power to make life “fair,” but we do have the power to make life joyful.” Anonymous “All kids need is a little help, a little hope, and someone who believes in them” Magic Johnson. Parents want their children to be taken care of after they die. But children with […]

• Why Do I Need an Estate Plan?

  February 17, 2022

  “Some are sad.And some are glad.And some are very, very bad.Why are they Sad and glad and bad?I do not know.Go ask your dad.” ― Dr. Seuss, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish “A will can save one’s family from being put into a quagmired pit of legal conundrum, in case of death (which may […]

• End of Life Planning for Loved Ones

  February 17, 2022

  It’s definitely an uncomfortable thing to do. However, making funeral arrangements for yourself eliminates a lot of stress and anxiety for the family members, who are left to guess what you may have wanted. This, says the Leesville Daily Leader in the article “Planning for the end of your life” lets you make the decisions. When considering […]

• How to Help Your Aging Parents Get Financial Benefits

  February 17, 2022

  If you notice your aging parent is struggling financially, you probably want to pitch in and help. Of course, doing so will mean that less money is available to pay your bills and save for your retirement. Your loved one’s money troubles could create economic stress for you and your children. It would be wonderful […]

• Estate Planning Documents and Medicaid Planning

  February 17, 2022

  The conversation that you have with an estate planning attorney, for Estate Planning Documents and Medicaid Planning when you are in your thirties with a new house, young children, and many years ahead of you is different than the one you’ll have when you are much older, maybe just before you retire. The estate planning […]

• What the Elder Law Estate Planning Attorney Needs to Know

  February 17, 2022

  “Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the treasury. There is not even a patriotic duty to increase one’s taxes. Over and over again the Courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging […]

• What a Durable Power of Attorney Can Do?

  February 17, 2022

  “Make sure you visualize what you really want, not what someone else wants for you.” Jerry Gillies “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” Charles Dickens Helping aging parents with daily tasks can become a challenge, if the parent has limited mobility. A trip to the bank, for example, […]

• Dementia and Advanced Directive

  February 17, 2022

  The Roanoke Times advises in the recent article “What to do in absence of advance directive” to talk to an experienced elder care attorney to coordinate the necessary legal issues, when dementia may be at issue with a parent or other loved one. Next, ask your physician for a geriatric evaluation consultation for your loved […]

• What is an Advance Directive and Do I Need One?

  February 17, 2022

  “The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.” Voltaire “Once a patient goes brain dead and relatives sign his organ donation consent form, he will get the best medical treatment of his life. A hospital code blue may be a call for doctors to rush to the bedside of […]

• Spare Your Family From a Feud: Make Sure You Have a Will

  February 17, 2022

  Spare Your Family From a Feud: Make Sure You Have a Will “The problem with revenge is that it never gets what it wants; it never evens the score. Fairness never comes. The chain reaction set off by every act of vengeance always takes its unhindered course. It ties both the injured and the injurer […]

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