Follow our attorney blog to stay current on the estate planning issues you should be thinking about as you near retirement, face a medical crisis, or as a parent ages. Our attorney shares insights based on his many years of experience in estate planning and elder law in these posts.
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What is a Health Care Proxy and Why Do I Need One? If you become incapacitated, who will make your medical decisions? A health care proxy allows you to appoint someone to act as your agent for medical decisions. -
10 Facts Funeral Directors Don't Want You to Know It is possible to spend much less money if you don't let funeral directors pressure you into buying goods or services you don't want or need. -
Retirement Account Beneficiaries While the execution of wills requires formalities like witnesses and a notary, the reality is that most property passes to heirs through other less formal means -
When To Review Your Estate Plan How frequently you should review your estate plan depends on how old you are and whether there has been a significant change in your circumstances. -
A Tax Break to Help Working Caregivers Pay for Day Care Tax credit available to help working caregivers defray the costs of day care (called "adult day care" in the case of the elderly). -
Can Medicaid Pay Me If I Take Care of My Ill Parents? Getting Paid as a Family Caregiver Through Medicaid -
The Importance of Regularly Reviewing Your Estate Plan Reviewing your Estate Plan is as important as creating on. Get in the habit of talking to your estate planning attorney, at least on a yearly basis -
Why No Estate Plan is Truly “Simple” A qualified estate planning attorney can help you identify "blind spots" -
The Importance of Titling in Estate Planning Understand how you own your assets can affect the rules of distribution set up in your will or trust -
Advance Directives in Florida - Designation of Health Care What Makes For A Good Advance Directive?