by Randy Coleman | Jun 23, 2017 | Disability Planning, Estate Planning, Medicaid Planning |
ABLE accounts allow many people with disabilities or their families to establish tax-free savings accounts that won’t affect their ability to qualify for, or remain on, government assistance as long as the account balance does not exceed $100,000. But ABLE accounts...
by Randy Coleman | May 26, 2017 | Disability Planning, Elder Care, Elder Law, Estate Planning, estate tax, Guardianship, Living Will, Long Term Care, Medicaid Planning, Nursing Homes, Retirement Planning, Special Needs Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills & Trusts Law, Wills and Probate |
A new book suggests that estate planning and elder care and a loved one’s death are especially important for today’s complex modern families. In Homeward Bound: Modern Families, Elder Care, and Loss, the authors contend that the current approach to estate...
by Randy Coleman | May 16, 2017 | Disability Planning, Discretionary Trusts, Estate Planning, Irrevocable Trusts, Life Insurance Protection, Revocable Living Trusts, Special Needs Trusts, Spendthrift Trusts, Trustee, Trusts, Wills & Trusts Law |
Substance addiction is by no means rare, impacting as many as one in seven Americans. Because of its prevalence, navigating a loved one’s addiction recovery is actually a relatively common topic in everyday life. But you should also consider it when working on your...
by Randy Coleman | Apr 17, 2017 | 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, Joint Tenants with Right of Survivorship, Living Will, Long Term Care, Probate, Probate Law, Revocable Living Trusts, Trustee, Wills & Trusts Law, Wills and Probate |
No one wants unnecessary court involvement in their life. But without careful and proactive estate planning, chances are that some aspect of your estate will end up being decided there. With proper planning, you can avoid probate and a living probate. Here are two of...
by Randy Coleman | Apr 13, 2017 | Disability Planning, Estate Planning, Executor, Trust Administration, Trustee, Uncategorized |
If you have a revocable living trust, you probably named yourself as trustee so you can continue to manage your own financial affairs, but eventually someone, as your successor trustee, will need to step in for you when you are no longer able to act due to incapacity...
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...
