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Make Sure You Can Be a Parent to Your College-Aged Child in an Emergency
September 13th, 2022
Preparing to send your son or daughter to college is one of the most exciting, and nerve-wrecking times for a parent! You’ll worry whether they will eat properly, study enough, and get enough sleep. While we can’t help with these everyday concern…
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Categories: College Protection Plan, College Students, Estate Planning, Health Care, HIPAA, Power of Attorney
When Do I Need to Start Estate Planning?
February 21st, 2020
Ensuring that you have an estate plan in place, even at a young age, can be crucial to having your affairs handled in the manner that you choose. Many individuals fail to engage in estate planning early in their lives because they don’t believe tha…
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Holding a Trustee Liable
September 1st, 2016
One of the reasons that trusts are an effective estate planning tool is that the trustee is legally required to act in the best interests of the beneficiaries. However, it is increasingly difficult to hold trustees liable when they do not do so. Trus…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Elder Abuse, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Power of Attorney, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Blended Family Financial Difficulties
August 29th, 2016
When a parent gets remarried there is likely to be tension between the new spouse and the children from previous relationships. Much of that tension can be eased by ensuring the family finances are properly handled. On television and in movies blende…
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New Profession Helps Seniors Move
August 12th, 2016
Moving from a home that you have lived in for decades can be a daunting task, especially when you have to sort through a lifetime’s worth of stuff—not all of which will fit into your new home. Senior move managers specialize in making such moves…
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The Return of Reverse Mortgages
August 11th, 2016
In the past most elder law attorneys advised their clients to stay away from reverse mortgages. That is beginning to change. Just a few short years ago reverse mortgages were often seen by elder law attorneys as an unfortunately popular way for senio…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Power of Attorney, Succession, Taxes, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
A New Type of Doula
August 8th, 2016
Traditionally a doula is someone who offers care and support to a woman in labor to make the birth process easier. However, a new type of doula helps those at the other end of the life cycle. Passing away is not as easy as it might seem. Patients in…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Power of Attorney, Religion, Special Needs, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Nursing Home Intimacy
August 4th, 2016
Thanks to medical advances and changing attitudes about sex, it is no longer taboo for nursing homes to allow intimate relations between residents. One Brooklyn nursing home even has a dating service for its residents. The introduction of Viagra and…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Current Affairs, Elder Abuse, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Power of Attorney, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
Disconnect between Parents and Adult Children
July 29th, 2016
A new study reveals that there is a disconnect between what parents expect financially from their adult children and what those children expect to be asked to provide and do. Whenever there is a disagreement about estate planning or finances between…
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Categories: Aging Issues, Blended Families, Current Affairs, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Power of Attorney, Succession, Trust Funding, Weblogs, Will
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