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- Are You Prepared for Incapacity?
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- I am under 50. Do I need an estate plan?
- Is Do-it-yourself Estate Planning a Good Idea?
- Long Term Care Cost is a Concern for Everyone
- Social Security Facts
- What Are Payable on Death Accounts?
- A living trust is a good alternative to a will
- Aid and Attendance Special Pension, The Military Advantage
- Estate Planning, It is Relevant to You
- GLBT Estate Planning
- How to maximize Social Security Incomes
- Lack of planning hits boomers hard
- Late Singer Amy Winehouse Planned Well
- Retirement Planning for Veterans
- Surveys show estate planning often overlooked
- The Anatomy of a Trust
- Unification of Gift and Estate Taxes Should Be Understood
- What are "Durable" Powers of Attorney?
- What is HECM?
- Where to keep your estate planning documents
- Author Stieg Larsson had no estate plan
- Can't I just prepare my will using a kit?
- Effective Medicaid Expansions Remain Unclear
- Estate Planning Resources: VA Improved Pension Program
- Living wills, last wills, and living trusts
- MetLife Survey on long-term care cost
- POD accounts: The Cons
- Spendthrift trusts can provide a good solution
- The Don'ts of Estate Planning
- The estate of Al Davis is instructive case
- Do I need an estate planning attorney?
- Charitable Giving with a CRUT
- Know what to expect from Social Security
- Legacy of Life
- Long-Term Care Planning for Veterans
- Useful NCOA Resources
- Veterans Aid And Attendance Special Pension, the Military Advantage
- Beware of Elder Financial Abuse
- Debt Reduction Can Free Up Retirement Resources
- Estate Planning in the Digital Age
- Reducing Medical Expenses
- Specialized Trusts Can Save Estate Taxes
- Spendthrift Trust Can Provide Solutions
- Holistic Long-Term Care Planning
- Is Estate Tax Only A Concern For The Rich?
- QTIP Is Useful Estate Planning Tool
- What Will Happen To Your Estate Without A Will Or A Trust?
- Estate Planning For People With Minor Children
- Exiting your Business
- Hazy Future for Estate Tax
- Medi-Cal Planning
- Staying on Track for Retirement
- A Tailor-Made Estate Plan
- Alzheimer's-Induced Dementia Common Among Oldest Old
- Anticipated Lifespan Impacts Planning Efforts
- Children of Ray Charles Wrangle with Foundation
- Estate Planning: You Have Options
- Frank Discussions Foster Family Harmony
- Understanding Tax Laws
- Reports: Dick Clark Left Huge Estate Behind
- Take The Necessary Steps To Protect Your Assets
- What Is An Inheritance Tax?
- Asserting Your Wishes Is A Must
- Select Your Trustee Carefully
- Take Will Preparation Seriously
- Understanding Medi-Cal: Professional Guidance Advised
- Combining Your Benefits
- Engage A VA Accredited Elder Law Attorney
- What are Advance Health Care Directives?
- Estate Administration: Who Does The Legwork?
- Redlands, CA VA Benefits
- Remove Your Home From Reach Of Claimants
- A Moment of Clarity
- Be in the Know Regarding Social Security
- Elder Financial Abuse In The Internet Age
- What Does "POD" Stand For?
- Estate Planning: Retain a True Expert
- Small Business Owners: Intelligent Advance Planning Is A Must
- Dynasty Trust Can Be Effective For Wealth Preservation
- Evaluate Heirlooms and Other Sentimental Items
- Rate of Estate Tax May Shock You
- Getting Married Again? Talk to a Lawyer
- How do you Provide for People with Disabilities?
- It's Time to Call your Estate Planning Attorney when ...
- Tortoise Approach Can Yield Positive Results
- Veterans Benefit Alert
- Choose Your Retirement Spot Carefully
- Take Pause Before Starting Joint Bank Accounts
- Is a Gift of College Tuition Taxable?
- Living Trust for Discretion, Efficiency
- Kinkade May Have Penned Wills While Intoxicated
- Promising Alzheimer's Research Reported
- Will Your Resources Last Long Enough?
- Your Estate Planning Attorney Must Be Apprised of Relevant Details
- Consumer Reports Weighs in on DIY Estate Planning
- Fees You Can Expect to Pay for a Trust-Based Estate Planning Service
- Something You Should Know About ILITs
- Taxes and Inheriting an IRA
- Avoid the Three Major Estate Planning Errors
- Do Americans Underestimate their Life Expectancy?
- Do You Have Incapacitation Planning? WHO Estimates Dementia to Triple by 2050
- Do you qualify for Aid & Attendance?
- Prevent a Family Feud by Reviewing Your Estate Plans Regularly
- What Happens to Lingering Credit Card Debt after Death?
- Estate Planning Questions You Won't Like
- Celebrating Veterans' Caregivers with a High Five
- Expecting a New Arrival? Be Prepared with an Estate Plan
- When do you review an estate plan?
- Caregivers' Contributions Eased by Veterans' Aid and Attendance
- Elder Law 101: What Exactly is Elder Law, Anyway?
- How do Veterans Access Aid and Attendance Information?
- Protect Yourself and Loved Ones through Estate Planning
- Special Needs Planning
- Veterans' Aid & Attendance: A Closer Look at an Underutilized Benefit
- Children can be Compensated for Care
- Protect your Property Assets by Setting up a Trust
- Simple Needs May Not Require Much Help
- VA Pension Eligibility Standards for Veterans
- Burial in VA National Cemetaries
- DIC Coverage is for Veterans' Spouses and Children
- Filing Process for Veteran's Aid and Attendance Program
- If Only They Were Aware
- Long Term Care Costs Reduce Veterans' Pension Income Ceiling
- Relax Through Early Planning
- Income and Net Worth under VA Aid & Attendance
- Bad VA Decisions Do Happen
- Many Families Provide Care for Elderly Relatives
- Qualification for VA benefits
- Elder Law: The Importance of a Durable Power of Attorney
- Filing for Veteran's Aid: Documentation and Verification
- Time Spent Helping Elders Studied
- Who Should You Discuss Your Estate Plan With?
- Common Questions Regarding Living Trusts
- Is Your Loved One's Identity at Risk?
- Ways You Can Lose Your Estate
- Prince and Estate Planning -- What We Can Learn
- Medi-Cal Estate Recovery is changing. Is it for the better?
- Last Minute Retirement Tips Everyone Should Consider
- Common Misconceptions about the Fiduciary Role
- Does Your Estate Need a Probate Attorney?
- Ways to Minimize Costs for Your Estate after Death
- Why we Fail to Plan for Long-Term Care
- How to Make an Advance Health Care Directive Work for You
- Probate and Your Estate
- Is It Important to Execute an Advance Health Care Directive?
- The Costs of Dementia: For the Patient and the Family
- Who Can Benefit from Estate Planning?
- Why Creating a Living Trust Is a Good Idea
- Lack of Planning hit Boomers Hard
- The Do's of Estate Planning
- How Will Your Final Wishes Become Reality?
- Cautionary Tales: Update Your Beneficiary Designations
- Is your loved one ready for an assisted living center?
- Preserving assets and leaving legacies takes preparation
- Protecting Your Legacy Of Service: Identifying Important Objects
- Tips for discussing estate planning with your elderly parents
- Different trust assets can raise different issues
- Disability programs interrelated, benefits affect one another
- Estate planning to maximize the benefits of wartime veterans
- How Social Security disability claims are processed
- Reducing the risks involved with administering trusts
- Social Security Disability in California
- SSA paying vets who are dead, not paying some who are alive
- The importance of naming the right successor trustees
- Thousands die waiting for Social Security benefits
- Advice for principals considering powers of attorney
- An overview of common trusts
- Going back to work while on SSDI
- How to serve as an executor
- Long-term care planning is vital for the LGBTQ community
- Long-term disability insurance offers security, peace of mind
- Social Security appeals backlog reaches record length
- Steps for discussing estate planning with your parents
- The importance of end-of-life decision making
- These estate planning mistakes can cause you trouble
- Veterans' benefits and estate planning
- What to know about Social Security Disability rules
- Can you force reluctant parents to move to a home?
- How California residents can protect their assets after death
- How to apply and qualify for disability benefits
- Social Security disability approval time
- Submitting evidence to support disability claims
- Think of estate planning during divorce
- Types of trusts
- Understanding Social Security disability
- Why decanting may be best when altering a trust
- Exploring the intangible side of estate planning
- Handling digital accounts for deceased loved ones
- Helping elderly parents with estate-planning needs is a true gift
- How the Cy Pres doctrine may help to save charitable trusts
- Medical records for SSD claims
- Pain symptoms and disability claims
- People too often overlook long-term care planning
- Social Security disability application mistakes
- SSA disregards short-terms needs of disabled people
- The wait after getting approved for disability benefits
- Veterans' benefits may pay for long-term care
- Applicants denied disability can appeal the decision
- Executive order helps veterans with mental health needs
- Financial planning for senior citizens
- How some mental conditions affect SSI and SSD benefit eligibility
- How to handle returns to work while receiving disability benefits
- Navigating the disability benefit appeals process
- Relocation and SSD benefits
- Spendthrift trusts often call for a cautious approach
- The Next Step After Being Denied Twice for SS Benefits
- There is more than one way to reduce estate taxes
- An explanation of SSDI and back pay.
- Fast track programs for certain Social Security Disability cases
- Nursing homes are expensive: Determine coverage now
- Past work as it applies to disability benefits
- Response times have no bearing on the merits of an SSD case
- Social Security Disability applicants benefit from representation
- SSD appeals
- Tax law changes can alter estate planning strategies
- The many advantages of a trust
- Critieria to receive disability benefits
- Estate planning and avoiding probate
- Estate planning in your 50s: Things to think about
- Filing a probate claim when estates are contested
- How Social Security determines if someone is disabled
- Points to know about a power of attorney
- Reviewing an estate plan
- Tax laws could impact charitable giving choices
- Things to think about when buying long-term care insurance
- Total disability assessments in SSD applications
- Using living trusts
- What to do if a social security appeal is late
- Applying for Social Security Disability benefits
- How to get through probate
- How to help children with special needs
- Making changes to trusts
- Medication not necessary for a disability claim
- Representation important to success at disability hearings
- Timeline for disability benefit payments after approval
- Trump Signs Measure to Protect SSI and SSDI Beneficiaries
- Delays in Social Security Disability decisions
- Determining appropriate care for elderly people
- Disability hearings provide opportunities for SSD applicants
- How to quicken the pace of a benefits case
- Muddy Waters' estate still not settled 35 years after his death
- Navy veterans could soon get Agent Orange health benefits
- New life for bill that may extend Agent Orange benefits
- Seven tips that can get executors on track
- The right type of trusts
- About charitable remainder trusts
- About pour-over wills
- About trust administration
- Aging parents need financial health checkups
- Applying for disability with limited medical records
- How medical records impact SSDI and SSI determinations
- How to react after a disability application is denied
- Take wise steps with an unexpected inheritance
- The benefits of professional estate planners
- Unique trust administration needs
- What to expect at a disability hearing
- A special needs trust can preserve benefits
- Applying for disability benefits
- Disability claims and arthritis
- Earlier planning for long-term care critical for asset protection
- How disability benefit cases are decided
- How medical records and work history affect SSD claims
- How to fund a trust and ensure that assets are transferred
- How to get disability benefits for back pain
- Long-term care planning helps you in later life
- Supreme Court to rule on disability case testimony
- The importance of detailed information on SSD applications
- Understanding the Pension Protection Act and your retirement
- Cyptocurrencies, digital assets and estate planning
- Effects of new tax law on trusts starting in 2018
- Good cause could extend deadline for appealing SSD denial
- Planning for estate taxation into the future
- SLAT helps some families take advantage of estate tax exemptions
- Starting the application process for SSD benefits
- The decision makers who deal with SSDI benefits applications
- The importance of appealing a disability examiner's ruling
- Why appealing a disability denial is important
- You may need to draft a spendthrift trust for some of your heirs
- Alternative for being trustee or executor
- Clarifying the definition of "disability" for SSD purposes
- Heart attacks and Social Security disability claims
- How representation can affect a disability claim
- Social Security Disability reconsiderations
- Speeding up a Social Secrurity disability claim case
- The importance of creating an estate plan
- The surviving spouse needs to make important decisions
- Why aging adults need to start planning for long-term care now
- Benefits help disabled veterans and their families
- Cost-of-living increase for veterans' benefits
- Estate planning and philanthropy
- Estate planning doesn't have to result in family tension
- How an RFC form can help with a disability claim
- Preserving generational wealth is a worthy goal
- Receiving a Social Security claim denial letter
- Reviewing trusts can keep them up to date
- VA outreach for underserved veterans
- A medical source statement can assist a disability application
- Applying for disability with no medical records
- Approval for Social Security disability without a hearing
- Common misconceptions about powers of attorney
- Handling absent or uncommunicative trustees
- Lessons to be learned from Stan Lee's estate issues
- Parents can plan for their children's future today
- Serving as executor can be a big job
- Silent trusts can help people plan discreetly
- Silent trusts provide discreet asset management options
- 5 steps to choose the perfect nursing home
- A deteriorating mental condition can be disabling
- Applying for Social Security Disability: The first steps
- Does a fast SSD benefits denial mean a weak claim?
- Estate planning in retirement: Details requiring your attention
- High court to hear SSDI arguments
- Moving forward after an SSD benefits denial
- Possibilities with second trusts for estate planning purposes
- The duties of a trust executor
- The roles of the executor and trustee
- Using beneficiary designations to avoid probate
- What to know about charitable trusts
- Appealing a denial notice for SSD benefits
- Benefit recipients may need to wait for their first payment
- Common errors that lead to disability claim denials
- Elderly are vulnerable to financial exploitation
- Estate planning when a loved one is addicted
- Expect long waits when applying for Social Security Disability
- How to decide when to tell children about a trust
- Severe impairment needed to receive disability benefits
- What to know about long-term care planning
- Disability hearings are often important but short
- Estate planning can help people in various circumstances
- Identifying the interested parties in probate legislation
- Is it time to review and update your estate plan?
- SSD benefits may not be permanent
- The nature of work performed is a disability factor
- Trusts provide privacy and do not require probate
- Why estate planning is important for everybody
- Handling probate and estate administration duties
- Relocation and disability applications
- Revocable trusts as part of an estate plan
- Rules for filing a disability claim with Social Security
- The truth about long-term care planning
- Trust options outstrip scientific advances for afterlife
- Understanding estate taxes after a person's death
- Using a trust as a way to protect assets in estate planning
- When do you need to start making a last will or estate plan?
- Why it matters that Luke Perry had an estate plan
- Account for passwords in an estate plan
- Analyzing Lee Radziwill's estate plan
- Avoid family conflicts over aging parents
- Developing a comprehensive, current estate plan
- Estate planning and hip-hop artists
- Estate planning and personal property items
- Heirs of Prince want Comerica removed as estate administrator
- How to be an executor of a will
- Overview of gross estate and federal estate tax exemption
- Reasons to use a trust over a will
- The role of trusts in financial planning for special needs child
- A musician's estate remains open after three years
- Carrie Fisher's estate detailed in probate papers
- Estate administration in California
- John Singleton's family fighting over $35 million estate
- Protecting family relationships with estate planning
- Special needs trusts explained
- Trusts can help single parents with estate planning
- What to consider when creating a special needs trust
- Why special needs trusts can be beneficial
- Tom Petty's family feuding over his estate
- Big News On Trust Taxation
- Deceased Musician's Estate Involved In Financial Dispute
- Estate Planning For Chronic Illness
- Using A Trust
- When Trusts Are Better Than Wills
- Blue Water Veterans Covered For Agent Orange Conditions
- Estate Planning Things to Be Aware of During a Crisis…like COVID-19
- Understanding Special Needs Trusts in California
- The Benefits of a Special Needs Trust Planning
- How to Plan for Special Needs Children in California
- Empowering the Disabled with a Special Needs Trust
- The Value of a Letter of Intent for Your Special Needs Child
- Understanding a Pooled Trust in California
- Seven Bad Excuses to Keep Putting off Estate Planning
- What is the Difference between Estate Planning and Elder Law?
- The Biden Tax Reform and Households with Higher Incomes
- Five Crucial Things to Include in an Estate Plan
- A Law in California Addresses Fatal Nursing Home Cases of COVID-19
- Medicare, Medi-Cal, and Out of Pocket Costs Associated with Alzheimer's Disease
- Common Medi-Cal Planning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
- Medi-Cal is Important: Plan for When Your Ill Spouse Leaves Home
- Adults with Special Needs and Care Options
- Did You Know March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month?
- ABLE Accounts Create New Investing Opportunities
- This Month Is Brain Injury Awareness Month
- Some Common Mistakes Made When Planning for a Disabled Family Member
- April is Parkinson's Awareness Month
- The Need for Affordable Long-Term Care in America
- Will Medi-Cal Take My Home?
- When to Start Medi-Cal Crisis Planning
- Why Aging Adults Need to Start Planning for Long-Term Care Now
- Using a Trust as A Way to Protect Assets in Estate Planning
- Determining Appropriate Care for The Elderly
- Estate Planning in Retirement: Details Requiring Your Attention
- WHAT IS MEDI-CAL?
- WHY AGING ADULTS NEED TO START PLANNING FOR LONG-TERM CARE NOW
- Medi-Cal Basics: Are There Ways to Gift the Home?
- Medi-Cal Basics: You Can Be A Paid Caregiver
- Medi-Cal Basics: How to Protect A Home from Medi-Cal’s Estate Recovery
- Veterans Aid & Attendance: Understanding VA Benefits for Assisted Living
- Special Needs Trusts: How Special Needs Trusts are Funded
- VA AID & ATTENDANCE BENEFITS: Documents and Important Information to Gather Now!
- What Are the Va’s Rules on Asset Limitations & MAPR COnsiderations for The Aid & Attendance Benefit?
- Excellent Help with VA and Attendance for My Father
- Why Having a Power of Attorney is Important
- Early Planning is Key When Faced with Declining Mental Capacity
- Avoiding A Common Mental Capacity Pitfall
- Capacity is NOT a Medical Concept – Part I
- Capacity is NOT a Medical Concept – Part II
- Important Estate Planning Terms to Know
- Why You Should Use an Estate Planning Attorney Over Online Forms
- Estate Planning and Dementia: What You Should Consider
- Family Legacy Planning: Going Beyond the Will
- Talking To Parents About Estate Planning When You Are Concerned About Dementia
- Important Legal Documents to Have in Place Before Dementia Sets In
- What to Know About First-Party Special Needs Trusts
- Importance of a Special Needs Trust
- Personal Injury Settlement Inheritance & Special Needs Trusts
- Understanding Third-Party Special Needs Trusts
- The Benefits of Medi-Cal
- Medi-Cal: Supportive Services & Assistant Waiver Programs
- Understanding the PACE Program
- FAQs: Program of All-Inclusive Care for California Elderly
- Creating a Business Succession Plan
- Accounting for Your Pets in Your Estate Plan
- Important Tips for the Executor of an Estate
- Wills vs. Trusts: Which One is Right for You?
- Are Heirs Responsible for Their Loved One’s Debts?
- Second Marriages & Estate Planning
- Could a trust protect your elderly parents' assets?
- Estate planning when you're young: Do these 3 things
- Long-term care and Medicaid planning: It's time to take action
- Will Medi-Cal Pay for Assisted Living?
- Common Estate Disputes
- What Happens to a Living Trust in Divorce?
- FAQs: What Needs to Be Done When Someone Dies?
- Estate Planning for a Blended Family
- Can a Living Trust Be Contested?
- What Happens to My Retirement Account When I Die?
- Understanding the Most Common Types of Trusts
- Estate Planning When You’re Single
- What Should I Do About an Irresponsible Heir?
- Dispelling Estate Planning Myths
- Estate Planning FAQs
- Understanding Pour-Over Wills
- Estate Planning With a Non-Citizen Spouse
- LGBTQ Couples and the Importance of Estate Planning
- Is Your Inheritance Taxable?
- Estate Planning for Disabled Beneficiaries
- How Does Life Insurance Factor Into Estate Planning?
- Can I Give My Kids Their Inheritance Before I Die?
- Is an Oral/Deathbed Will Valid?
- Prenups and Your Estate Plan
- Understanding Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Orders
- Do I Need to Update My Estate Plan if I Move to Another State?
- Can I Leave Property to a Non-Citizen?
- Common Pitfalls of Estate Planning
- Leaving an Explanatory Letter as Part of Your Estate Plan
- Dying Without Naming a Legal Guardian for Your Children
- Reviewing and Updating Your Will
- Understanding Medicare
- The Roles and Responsibilities of a Special Needs Trustee
- Setting Up a Trust
- What Happens if You Die Without a Will?
- Strategies for Preserving Digital Assets in Your Estate Plan
- How to Handle Foreign Property in Your Estate Plan
- Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples
- Creating An Ethical Will-Passing on Your Values and Beliefs
- Estate Planning After a Significant Health Diagnosis
- Estate Planning for Business Owners Without Successors
- Planning for Pet Care in Your Estate Plan
- The Role of Life Insurance in Blended Family Estate Planning
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- Medi-Cal Benefit Planning: How to protect your home against Medi-Cal's Estate Recovery & How to protect your Medi-Cal benefits
- Ask the Elder Law Attorney: Come & Get Your Questions Answered
- The Forum…all things senior: Stress Awareness by Stephanie Wallace, Health Coach with Optum Community Center
- Medi-Cal Planning for Long-Term Care
- Coffee with Esther Special Needs Planning Series for Children & Adults: Special Needs Planning for Your Loved One
- Coffee with Esther Special Needs Planning Series for Children & Adults: Special Needs Planning for Your Loved One
- Resources for Aging Well: Brain Health seminar with guest panelist: Dean Sherzai, MD, PhD
- Medi-Cal Benefit Eligibility: Common Myths, Asset V. Income Concerns, Asset Protection, Legal Planning
- Ask the Elder Law Attorney
- The Forum…all things senior: Ballard Rehabilitation Hospital with Patty Meinhardt, Chief Marketing Officer
- VA Aid & Attendance Benefit 2021 Planning
- Medi-Cal Benefit Planning: How to protect your home against Medi-Cal's Estate Recovery & How to protect your Medi-Cal benefits
- Coffee with Esther: Planning For When The Forgetfulness Begins. What legal planning is needed for Alzheimer’s and Dementia.
- Medi-Cal Benefit Eligibility: Common Myths, Asset V. Income Concerns, Asset Protection, Legal Planning
- Resources for Aging Well: Medicare AEP – What You Need to Know with Guest Panelist, Donna Poole, Licensed Insurance Broker
- Ask the Elder Law Attorney
- Medi-Cal Benefit Planning: How To Protect Your Home Against Medi-Cal's Estate Recovery & how To Protect Your Medi-Cal Benefits
- The Forum…all things senior: The A, B, C& D’s of Medicare with our Keynote Speaker, Lina Thach from the Phoenix Insurance Agency
- Determining Mental Capacity in the Elderly
- Coffee with Esther: October Seminar Series Day 1: Estate Planning for the Primary Residence
- Coffee with Esther: October Seminar Series Day 2: Estate Planning for the bank accounts, investment accounts and retirement assets
- How to Qualify for Medi-Cal Benefits: Common Myths, Asset V. Income Concerns, Asset Protection, Legal Planning
- Ask the Elder Law Attorney
- How to Protect Your Home Against Medi-Cal's Estate Recovery & how To Protect Your Medi-Cal Benefits: Important Medi-Cal Benefit Planning
- The Forum…all Things Senior: Does the Government Offer Long-Term Care Benefits for Our Seniors?
- Coffee with Esther: VA Aid & Attendance Benefit Planning & Benefit Protection
- How to Protect Your SSI & Medi-Cal Benefits with a Special Needs Trust
- How to qualify for Medi-Cal Benefits: Common Myths, Asset V. Income Concerns, Asset Protection, Legal Planning
- Ask the Elder Law Attorney
- How to protect your home against Medi-Cal's Estate Recovery & How to protect your Medi-Cal benefits: Important Medi-Cal Benefit Planning
- The Elder & Disability Law Firm is Offering Webinars to Help YOU Learn What is Changing and How to Qualify for Medi-Cal After July 1st!
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