Comprehensive Elder Law Services Addressing a Full Range of Legal Issues
A trusted caregiver may have taken advantage of one of your elderly relatives by exploiting his or her finances. As noted by U.S. News and World Report, older adults lose billions of dollars each year and fail to report this type of abuse to their loved ones....
If it is time to consider a nursing home for your mom or dad, you want only the best. Considering the high costs of care, you need to find a facility that meets your parent’s requirements as well as your own comfort level. Here are four tips to get you started. 1....
If someone has approached you about being an executor for an estate, you may want some time to consider your responsibilities. Overseeing the closure of someone's estate can take time and requires careful adherence to specified legal documents. Knowing some of the...
A Last Will and Testament is not the only estate planning tool at your disposal even though having a solid Will in place is important. According to Kiplinger, assets like life insurance policies and retirement accounts pass via beneficiary designations. Much like your...
As a parent of a special needs child, you know you must plan for the future. You need to have something in place to handle all the roadblocks that may come up in time, such as when your child reaches the age of 18 or your own inability to care for your child as you...
If your parents appointed you the executor of their Pennsylvania estate, you have likely been talking with them about their wishes. While you may understand who should receive what property, do you know what steps to take once they pass away? According to Kiplinger,...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 26% of American adults possess some form of disability. Out of these, one in three between the ages of 18 and 44 dealt with an unmet medical need in the last year because of the expense. If you are a parent...
When you create your estate plan, you are doing so in large part for your beneficiaries. Beneficiaries are the individuals who will inherit your assets after your death. These assets can pass pursuant to your Last Will and Testament and also by joint ownership or...
Reviewing your estate plan is an important part of your end of life plan. In fact, it is just as crucial as creating the plan in the first place. After all, an outdated plan that does not reflect your current wishes is as good as having no plan at all. So how do you...