There is no doubt we are a nation of pet lovers. Unfortunately, the law as it is currently written views pets as property, so providing for your pet in your will won’t work. So how do you protect your favorite fur-person? With a pet trust. To create a pet trust, you...
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Could you be responsible for your parents’ long term healthcare bill?
Court Orders Son To Pay His Mother’s $93, 000 Nursing Home Bill By definition, “filial” means the relationship of child to parent. Over the past few years, we have seen new state laws addressing this relationship by requiring adult children to be responsible for...
Check-in with Your Father – or You May Have an Unpleasant Surprise
Family relationships can be difficult, sometimes leading to a parent and child no longer speaking to one other. When someone is in this situation, it is worthwhile for that person to evaluate his or her long term expectations for what will happen as his or her parent...
How to Protect Your Assets from a Child’s Divorce
A child’s wedding day is one of the happiest occasions in life for most parents, especially when they approve wholeheartedly of that child’s choice of mate. Sometimes, however, the choice is not always welcomed and parents become concerned about how to protect assets...
Does your Estate Plan Address your e-Assets?
Each day, new technology is introduced and adopted into our daily lives. For example, it is hard to imagine that the iPhone® was first introduced to us in 2007. Five years later, most of us have either adopted it or an android cellular phone into our daily...
Pets Are People, Too!
If one were to believe for a second that pets are not important, they might consider the impact owners’ love for their furry friends have on the US economy: Over $35 BILLION spent on grooming, healthcare, shelter, food, etc. To put it in perspective: According to the...
If as a Veteran I’m denied benefits, is there another step?
If my pension is denied and I’m told I’m not eligible for a certain benefit or pension, is there anything that an attorney may be able to help me with to clarify my answers so that I do become eligible? If you are a veteran, you know that the VA will allow a denied...
Veterans: Qualifying For Benefits
The sacrifices made by our wartime Veterans and their spouses can never be truly recompensed. The freedoms we enjoy because of our Veterans can never be assigned a value that would be a true representation of its worth. Our Country has not been the most progressive...
Is it possible to legally plan to be eligible for certain benefits?
It certainly is legal, and it’s desirable that you do so. The government counts on the vast majority of folks to fail to plan who pay the bulk of additional taxes and lost benefits for the oversight. It’s entirely legal and people do it every day and through proper...
The Importance of Planning Early
“Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.” Alan Lakein, American author and Time Management Expert We plan to go on vacation. We plan to have dinner with friends. But when it comes to planning for how we will be taken...