by Randy Coleman | Nov 24, 2019 | Advance Directives in Florida, Business Owners, Business Succession Planning, Buy-Sell Agreements, Designation of Health Care Surrogate, Disability Planning, Durable Power of Attorney, Estate Planning, Estate Planning Lawyer, Family Business, Guardianship, Health Care Power of Attorney, HIPAA, Intestacy, Living Will, Medicaid Planning, Nursing Homes, Premarital Agreements, Probate, Probate Lawyer in Florida, Revocable Living Trusts, Trust Administration, Trusts, Wills & Trusts Law |
People often ask us: “When is the best time for estate planning?” The best answer to that question is: Before you die, or become incapacitated! If you can tell me when you are going to die, I can tell you the ideal time to engage in the art and science of...
by Randy Coleman | Mar 22, 2019 | Disability Planning, Discretionary Trusts, Estate Planning, Health Care Power of Attorney, Irrevocable Trusts, Long Term Care, Medicaid Planning, Nursing Homes, Personal Care Contracts, Social Security, Special Needs Trusts, Spendthrift Trusts, Trust Administration, Trustee, Trusts |
A special needs trust, sometimes called a supplemental needs trust, is designed to provide a person with a disability the funds to enhance her quality of life while at the same time allowing her to remain eligible for needs-based public...
by Randy Coleman | Nov 3, 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, Long Term Care, Nursing Homes, Revocable Living Trusts, Wills & Trusts Law |
November is National Family Caregivers Month. More than 15 million American family members care for loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease. Here are some tips provided by the Alzheimer’s Association to help those providing care for family members who have...
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 | 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 | 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...
