Download PDF of this article here: Wealthy or Not You Need a Will A will is a legal instrument that tells the world who you want to get your assets. Move on to the after-life without a will in place, and a judge will decide who gets what, without regard to your wishes and without…
Download PDF of this article here: The Importance of Health Care Directives Most estate planning law firms spend a considerable amount of time writing about wills, trusts, and guardianship documents, but when was the last time you read anything about healthcare directives? That will be the focus of this article, because healthcare directives (also called…
Download PDF of this article here: Are You Ready for the Cost of Long-Term Care You’re young… You’re healthy… You’re self-supporting… The idea of actually needing long-term care couldn’t be further from your mind. But what if that changed overnight? An accident… A sudden illness… An unexpected diagnosis… Any number of things can take away…
Download PDF of this article here: Proactive Medicaid Planning – A Smart Move for Your Family’s Future You’ve met with an attorney, set up a trust and you can breathe a sigh of relief. Your work is done, right? Unfortunately not. Aging brings with it the potential for loss of personal freedom as well as…
Download PDF of this article here: New POLST Program Raises Awareness About End-Of-Life Decisions A recent article in the Wall Street Journal shines the light on a new program being instituted by a growing number of states called “Physician-Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment,” or POLST. “A POLST, which is signed by both the patient and…
Download PDF of this article here: Tragedy in Japan Inspires Reflection Are You Prepared for Disaster Only a few days ago the world was shocked by the terrible earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Our hearts and prayers go out the people affected by the tragedy, and many people are asking what they can do to…
Download PDF of this article here: Long Term Care Be Prepared in an Area of Uncertain Options It’s flu season again, and the strain going around this year has been a difficult one, mainly because of how long it keeps its victims out of commission. So the article we recently found on Time.com about Long-Term…
Download PDF of this article here: Minnesota Health Care Dispute Raises Fears for Everyone As estate planning attorneys we help our clients plan ahead. We help them create the documents and take the legal action they need to protect themselves and those they love. We help them talk through painful possibilities, and support them as…
Download PDF of this article here: Excuses, Excuses… Why You Don’t Have a Healthcare Directive What is keeping you from signing a healthcare directive? A recent article in Reuters mentions that only 2 out of 5 U.S. citizens have some kind of healthcare directive, and that our own U.S. laws might be the cause. A…
Download PDF of this article here: Government Rescinds Medicare Coverage of End-Of-Life Planning Apparently the suspicion surrounding end-of-life planning is not as far in the past as we might have hoped. The recent Medicare regulation which would have allowed the government to pay doctors who advise patients on options for end-of-life care was rescinded only…