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Including Your Special Needs Child in Your Estate Plan
By Melissa Gleick October is Special Needs Law Month. While the term “Special Needs Law” encompasses many sub-categories, one category of special...
Mediation offers solution to gut-wrenching family disputes
“Few things are harder than watching a parent slowly age and fall into physical and emotional decline.” Several legal experts, including EPLO...
Helping your adult children with their finances
Recent surveys suggest that a significant percentage of parents provide financial support to their adult children. An unfortunate effect of parental...
What You Need to Know: Current Trends in Estate Planning
As we approach the end of 2013, we are struck by the significant number of legal developments the year has brought on both the state and Federal...
Medicare’s “Improvement Standard” Deemed Illegal: Benefits can no longer be denied to patients judged as having lack of restoration potential
By Carol Barton The U.S. District Court of Vermont, on January 24, 2013, approved a settlement in the case of Jimmo v Sebelius which has led to a...
Does a Dementia Diagnosis Mean it’s too Late for Estate Planning?
Not necessarily. You should not hesitate to contact an estate planning attorney if you, or a family member, has been diagnosed with dementia. Click...
U.S. Supreme Court Overturns DOMA
By Linda T. Cammuso In a highly anticipated ruling the U.S. Supreme Court declared portions of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional....
The Estate Preservation Law Scholarship Fund
Know of a central MA student who may benefit from a scholarship to help with the cost of college? Send them to...
Estate Planning for Retirement Accounts: Have your Cake and Eat It Too
If you have a pre-tax retirement account such as an IRA or 401(k), you’ll want to read the spring 2013 issue of our newsletter Bridging the Gap....
Legislation Addressing Hospital Observation Status for Medicare Patients Filed
By Carol Barton In our blog dated November 7, 2012, we informed you about the costly consequences for Medicare patients if their hospital status is...
When and How to Say No More: End-of-Life Options for Patients with Advanced Illness
By Carol Barton When our lives are drawing to a close from serious illness or injury, we, or someone we chose to make decisions for us if we can’t,...
Estate Planning for Retirement Accounts: Have your Cake and Eat It Too
For many of us, “qualified retirement accounts” such as IRAs and 401Ks make up the bulk of our retirement savings. These accounts, which are funded...
Women Reportedly Face Much Higher Rates for Long-Term Care Insurance in 2014
By Linda Cammuso Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCi) is one of several key tools in the estate and long-term care planning process. This form of...
Asset Protection: A Crucial Component of a Business Owner’s Estate Plan
By Brendan King If you own a business, your estate plan should have an asset protection component since ownership of that business presents special...
Asset Protection: The Role of Trusts in Asset Protection Planning
By Linda Cammuso In a previous blog, we discussed erroneous preconceived notions that people might have about asset protection planning. We also...
Asset Protection: Protecting and Preserving Your Assets from Third Parties
By Brendan King & Linda Cammuso The term asset protection often conjures up images of Swiss bank accounts or hiding assets in someone else’s...
Medicare Shift: What you don’t know about Observation vs. Inpatient status could cost you
By Carol Barton Understandably, when you are admitted to a hospital you may consider yourself an inpatient because, after all, you are in a hospital...
Massachusetts Uniform Trust Code (MUTC)
The passage of the Massachusetts Uniform Trust Code (MUTC) in July 2012 marked the second major piece of legislation in Massachusetts this year...
Asset Protection: An Everyday Part of Estate Planning
To many people, the term “asset protection” con-jures up images of Swiss bank accounts or hiding assets in someone else’s name. In reality, asset...
Estate Planning: The right professional can make it easy
Post By Linda Cammuso One of the primary reasons people procrastinate establishing a will or other estate plan documents is apprehension about the...
Your Health Care Proxy: Does it Do what You Want?
By Carol Barton One of the most important legal documents that you should have before you need medical care is a health care proxy. Most of us are...
Failing Yourself and Loved Ones if Dementia Strikes
By Linda Cammuso Failing to do an estate plan touches lives in ways that we often fail to imagine. So many people drag their feet when it comes to...
Barton Named Associate Attorney at Estate Preservation Law Offices
We are pleased to announce that Carol F. Barton, Esquire has joined our firm as associate attorney. Her practice concentrates on estate and trust...
Estate Preservation Law Offices Awards $1,500 Scholarship
We are pleased to announce that Kathryn Anne Fleming, of West Boylston, MA, is this year’s recipient of the firm’s $1,500 scholarship. Katie plans...
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