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Elder Law can include estate planning, health care planning, planning for incapacity or mental incompetence, preparing applications for or the management of the receipt of benefits, guardianship, and asset preservation.

February 7, 2020

Estate Planning for Your Elderly Parents

A well-planned estate will ensure that your parent’s wishes are carried out as well as making sure that they receive the best care possible without putting a financial strain on them or other family members.
January 5, 2020

The “Look-Back Period” for a Medical Assistance Application

"The Medical Assistance or “Medicaid” applicant must meet several criteria to obtain benefits. If deemed eligible, Medicaid will partially offset the applicant's cost of nursing home care.
December 7, 2019

Common Mistakes of Estate Planning

Like many people, you may be avoiding estate planning. However, it's necessary so that you can avoid confusion & prevent a potential great burden for your loved ones.
December 5, 2019

Should I Hire an Attorney to Probate an Estate?

You are named as Personal Representative (PR) in a person's Last Will & Testament, and now they have unfortunately died. Now what?
October 30, 2019

Estate Planning: First Steps

A certain level of preparation will make drafting an effective estate plan that best reflects your wishes not only possible but a whole lot easier.
October 15, 2019

What is a Trust?

A trust is a written document that creates a relationship between persons. The grantor or settlor is the person who creates the trust. The terms of the trust are set forth in the document.
July 1, 2019

What is Elder Law?

This field of law secures proper care and future security for the growing elderly population. More importantly, it is an opportunity to embrace the idea of pre-crisis management and planning for the future.
March 22, 2019

Using Immediate Annuities to “Spend Down” for Medicaid

To qualify for Medicaid, a Federal program wherein the government pays a portion if not all of an elderly patient’s long-term care costs, an applicant cannot own more than $2,500 in countable assets.
January 15, 2019

An Overview of the Maryland Estate Tax

Like its Federal Counterpart, the Maryland Estate Tax (MET) is not collected from every estate passing assets through probate.