by Randy Coleman | Jun 26, 2014 | Asset Protection, Disability Planning, Elder Care, Elder Law, Long Term Care, Medicaid Planning, Medicaid Qualified Irrevocable Income Only Trust, Medicare, Nursing Homes, Personal Care Contracts, Qualified Income Trust, Social Security |
On Monday of this week, the U.S. Government Accountability Office released its report “Financial Characteristics of Approved Applicants and Methods Used to Reduce Assets to Qualify for Medicaid.” This report was requested by several members of Congress,...
by Randy Coleman | Jun 17, 2014 | Asset Protection, Beneficiary Designations, Discretionary Trusts, Income Taxes, Individual Retirement Accounts, IRAs, Irrevocable Trusts, Retirement Accounts, Stand Alone Retirement Account Trusts |
In a unanimous opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that funds held in an inherited individual retirement account (IRA) are not exempt from creditors in a bankruptcy proceeding because they are not retirement funds. Clark v. Rameker (U.S., No. 13-299, June 13, 2014)....
by Randy Coleman | May 28, 2014 | Advance Directives in Florida, Designation of Health Care Surrogate, Disability Planning, Durable Power of Attorney, Elder Care, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Guardianship, Health Care Power of Attorney |
The popular New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast has created a graphic memoir of coping with her parents’ final years, titled Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? The book has received widespread attention and critical praise. At one point in the book Chast, an...
by Randy Coleman | May 16, 2014 | Advance Directives in Florida, Designation of Health Care Surrogate, Disability Planning, Durable Power of Attorney, Elder Abuse, Elder Care, Elder Law, Financial Abuse of the Elderly, Guardianship, Health Care Power of Attorney, Life Estates, Living Will, Long Term Care, Medicaid Planning, Medicaid Qualified Irrevocable Income Only Trust, Nursing Homes, Personal Care Contracts, Qualified Income Trust, VA Aid and Attendance, VA Benefits, Veterans Pension Benefits |
As many of you know, May is National Elder Law Month. The National Association of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) has declared this month the time for Elder Law attorneys across the nation to take time out of their busy practices to help educate the public about Elder...
by Randy Coleman | May 15, 2014 | Asset Protection, Charging Order Protection, Domestic Asset Protection Trusts, Exemption Planning, Investor Fraud, Off Shore Trusts and Financial Accounts |
I have reprinted the following column by Jay Adkisson, the asset protection columnist for Forbes.com. He is one of the top asset protection commentators in the country and knows the asset protection business as well as anyone. If you need asset protection, or want...
by Randy Coleman | May 5, 2014 | Elder Abuse, Elder Law, Financial Abuse of the Elderly, Investor Fraud |
A financial arbitration panel has ordered a subsidiary of John Hancock Financial Network to pay nearly $1.6 million to an elderly California couple and the estate of their now-deceased mother. The sum includes a $454,000 award for attorneys’ fees under California’s...
by Randy Coleman | Apr 30, 2014 | Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Executor, Personal Representative, Probate, Probate Litigation, Will Contests, Wills and Probate |
ElderlawAnswers.com provides us with information that the Florida Supreme Court rules that money acquired by a woman after executing a form will she obtained from the Internet should be distributed according to the laws of intestacy because the Internet will did not...
by Randy Coleman | Apr 17, 2014 | Estate Planning |
There is always a media swarm around the death of a celebrity, especially when they’re young, active in their careers, beloved, and tragic. The death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman in early February is no exception. Hoffman was an incredibly talented actor...
by Randy Coleman | Feb 19, 2014 | Advance Directives in Florida, Designation of Health Care Surrogate, Disability Planning, Durable Power of Attorney, Elder Care, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Health Care Power of Attorney, Living Will, Long Term Care, Medicaid Planning, Nursing Homes, Qualified Income Trust |
Most elderly people who need skilled nursing care usually do not have legal capacity to sign appropriate documents. Legal capacity is needed to restructure assets to qualify for Medicaid benefits to pay for nursing home care. A properly drafted durable power of...
by Randy Coleman | Jan 7, 2014 | Disability Planning, Discretionary Trusts, Elder Care, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Guardianship, Irrevocable Trusts, Medicaid Planning, Medicare, Nursing Homes, Revocable Living Trusts, Social Security, Special Needs Trusts, Trust Administration, Trustee |
At The Coleman Law Firm, we take great pride in our service to clients with special needs family members. To deepen our knowledge and steep our expertise, I recently attended a Special Needs Planning Immersion Camp in Scottsdale, Arizona. Surrounded by dozens of the...
