Elder Law Answers
My significant other and I, who are both in our 60s, are buying a home together and will be listed on the deed as tenants in common. I am making a substantial down payment, and we will share the monthly...
Read moreMy mother is in a nursing home. Does the woman who is acting as an agent under my mother's medical power of attorney have any responsibility to my brother and me? She doesn't like us, and I am afraid she...
Read moreMy mother died in a nursing home in 2015 while receiving Medicaid. Because she had gifted money in 2011, she had to wait out a penalty period before becoming eligible for Medicaid. She owned nothing at her death. I have...
Read moreI have dual power of attorney for my father. At this time there is no beneficiary on one of his life insurance policies and I want to add my son's name as beneficiary. This is what my father would have...
Read moreIf a married couple is on Medicaid and one passes away, causing the survivor's assets to exceed the $2,000 limit (because the survivor begins receiving an increased Social Security benefit), will the survivor lose Medicaid eligibility?...
Read moreDo the family of the deceased have the right to be present at a will reading? And are they allowed to receive a copy of the new will that leaves everything to one person in the family instead of divided...
Read moreWith a special needs trust that requires Medicaid to be paid back following the beneficiary’s death, what is the statute of limitations for that repayment? If Medicaid has not asked to be paid back, when can the proceeds be distributed?...
Read moreMy dad has been in a nursing home for about four years. My brother made payments on my father's house for eight years, and I started making them three years ago. I wanted to pay his house loan off and...
Read moreMy mother gave me money while she was alive and put it in my name in a bank account. She passed away several years later. Can the executor of my mother's estate request that the money that was gifted to...
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