Legal Briefs

By Cathleen Summers Do you know what happens if you die without a will? The courts will decide who will raise your children, manage your...

By Linda T. Cammuso Last month, I discussed the use of living trusts as an effective technique for probate avoidance and contrasted trusts with some...

By Linda T. Cammuso Aid and Attendance is a program of the Veterans Administration (VA) that provides benefits for veterans and surviving spouses who require...

By Margot Birke In order to understand Medicaid qualifications, you first need to know how Medicaid treats your assets. Basically, Medicaid breaks your assets down...

You may be taking care of elderly parents now or looking at that possibility in the near future. According to a report from USA Today/ABC News/Gallup Poll, 41 percent of baby boomers are helping take care of elderly parents by providing personal help, financial assistance or both.

By Cathleen Summers Statistics can be sobering, particularly when we are talking about long term care. According to a January, 2005 AARP article entitled A...

By Linda T. Cammuso A new client recently told me that he has been delaying the task of updating his will since his wife passed...

By Margot B. Birke The baby boomers are coming and real estate developers and health care providers are rushing to fill the desires and needs...

By Cathleen Summers A Power of Attorney is a document that allows a person (the principal) an opportunity to authorize an agent — usually a...

By Linda T. Cammuso Avoidance behavior is easy and we all practice it to an extent. More often than not, though, people make mistakes by...