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Options for Long-Term Care in 2022
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As we begin a new year, we assess our lives and make health care plans. Americans continue responding to the ever-present threat of COVID-19 in its many iterations, and we are identifying that which is most important in our lives to preserve our health and financial future best. For many, the mere mention of long-term…

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Managing the Financial Needs of Children With Special Needs
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For estate planning, special needs children present a unique challenge. Optimizing your estate to use, enhance, and enrich assets for your special needs child while maintaining their enrollment in public benefits programs requires careful planning. An estate planning attorney can prepare a special needs trust to accomplish these and other goals you have for your…

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Probate Litigation: How to Avoid It
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There may be disputes concerning guardianship as well as conservatorships, wills and trusts, family real estate, and intentions of gifts in probate litigation. The most successful approach to mitigating or avoiding probate litigation risk is carefully planning for the future. Comprehensive estate plans that are routinely updated, careful consideration and documentation of gifts, and protective…

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Taking Special Needs Into Account When Planning Your Estate
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Third-party special needs trusts sometimes referred to as supplemental needs trusts are ways for parents of children with mental and physical disabilities to plan for the future. This type of trust will receive assets from you or another benefactor expressly for that person with a disability. Goals include: Often parents will leave additional assets to…

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Financial Abuse and Fraud Among the Elderly
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According to the National Council on Aging (NCOA), Americans lose between 2.6 and 36.5 billion dollars in assets and money each year to elder financial fraud and abuse. And although self-reported financial exploitation occurs at higher rates than all other types of elder abuse, the NCOA believes instances of elder financial fraud and abuse are…

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Ben and team recently helped us with a new estate plan. Their service was timely, thorough, and very professional. They patiently explained concepts we were unfamiliar with. We were very satisfied and recommend their firm without hesitation.

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Ben was very professional & knowledgeable when tailoring the needs of my end of life documents. I have utmost confidence in his abilities and have no hesitation recommending him for estate management.

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