by Randy Coleman | Mar 14, 2017 | Advance Directives in Florida, Designation of Health Care Surrogate, Durable Power of Attorney, Elder Care, Estate Planning, Health Care Power of Attorney, Living Will, Long Term Care, Medicaid Planning, Nursing Homes |
For most people, thinking about estate planning means focusing on what will happen to their money after they pass away. Death and taxes! But that misses one pretty significant consideration: the need for estate planning for long-term care. The last thing any of us...
by Randy Coleman | Jan 6, 2017 | Advance Directives in Florida, Beneficiary Designations, Designation of Health Care Surrogate, Disability Planning, Durable Power of Attorney, Health Care Power of Attorney, Intestacy, Joint Tenants with Right of Survivorship, Living Will, No Will, Personal Representative, Probate, Probate Law, Revocable Living Trusts, Tenancy by the Entireties, Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills & Trusts Law, Wills and Probate |
The beginning of a new year is a good time to take a look at your estate plan to make sure it is up to date. Less than half of people in the US actually have any estate planning documents in place and many of those people may have outdated documents. Documents that...
by Randy Coleman | Aug 2, 2016 | Asset Protection, Beneficiary Designations, Discretionary Trusts, Domestic Asset Protection Trusts, Estate Planning, Florida Asset Protection, Spendthrift Trusts, Trust Administration, Trusts, Uncategorized |
How to Protect Your Heirs and Your Legacy from Bad Decisions and Outside Influences Estate planning is an important and everlasting gift you can give your family. And setting up a smooth inheritance to protect your heirs isn’t as hard as you might think. –...
by Randy Coleman | Jul 28, 2016 | Elder Care, Elder Law, Long Term Care, Medicaid Planning, Nursing Homes, Qualified Income Trust, Uncategorized |
In recent years many non-lawyers have started businesses offering Medicaid planning services to seniors as an alternative to Medicaid planning lawyers. While using one of these services may be seem to be cheaper than hiring Medicaid planning lawyers, the overall costs...
by Randy Coleman | Jun 11, 2016 | Advance Directives in Florida, Disability Planning, Durable Power of Attorney, Elder Abuse, Elder Care, Financial Abuse of the Elderly, Long Term Care, Medicaid Planning |
The benefits of a highly detailed, comprehensive power of attorney are numerous. Unfortunately, many powers of attorney are more general in nature and can actually cause more problems than they solve, especially for our senior population. This post highlights the...
