If you have personal assets beyond Medicaid eligibility limits, a Medicaid Asset Protection Trust can eliminate certain holdings from consideration, allowing you to receive federally-funded healthcare, while still being able to pass wealth on to your[...]

Trusts are an often underutilized, but extraordinarily efficient tool for managing your estate during your lifetime, and after your death. A trust is a legal entity that is created and governed by an instrument, which is essentially an operating agre[...]

Table of Contents: What is an Estate and Do I Have One? What is an Estate Plan? What is a Will? What is Power of Attorney? What is a Trust? Are There Any Other Components to an Estate Plan? In the context of “estate planning,” though each person is u[...]

Table of Contents: Who Receives a Piece of the Inheritance? How Much Does Each Person Get? What is Per Stirpes? What Is Inherited?: Real vs. Personal Property What Happens When… What Can We Do to Avoid Intestacy? Who Receives a Piece of the Inheritan[...]

Table of Contents: Who Can Get a POA?: Capacity in a Nutshell When is It Valid? What Does It Cover?: The Scope of a POA is Broad Are They All the Same?: Types of POAs Matter A Power of Attorney (POA) is an integral part in an estate plan. POAs come i[...]