| Estate Planning
Grandparents raising their grandchildren is not a new trend but today the number of grandparents doing so is trending significantly upwards. Across the United State 2.7 million grandparents have taken up the responsibility as caretakers for their grandchildren. Read...
| Estate Planning
There are tricks and pitfalls when filling out a Medicaid application form that an elder law attorney can help you avoid and help accelerate the process while preserving assets. Read more …
| Autism Awareness Month, by Brendan King, Estate Planning
By Brendan J. King Television series depicting characters on the autism spectrum are growing and more are in the planning stages. From series that include The Good Doctor (ABC), Parenthood (HULU) and Atypical (Netflix), among...
| Asset Protection, by Linda Cammuso, Estate Planning
By Linda T. Cammuso Whether your kids are 3 years old or 33, protecting their inheritance from future financial pitfalls may be one of your major goals in the estate planning process. Increasingly, parents are looking to shelter their children’s inheritance from...
| by Linda Cammuso, Digital Assets, Estate Planning
By Linda T. Cammuso When it comes to, wills, power of attorney and all that goes into crafting your estate plan, you should include a discussion about digital assets with your attorney. Our lives today are primarily conducted online – making digital assets part of our...
| Estate Planning, The Firm
After doubling in size and acquiring a Princeton-based law firm, Worcester-based Estate Preservation Law Offices announced a rebranding of the firm. Read more.
| by Brendan King, Estate Planning
By: Brendan J. King In working with clients on their estate plans we often deal with those who are downsizing and we are struck by the number of people who are convinced that their children and/or grandchildren want their “stuff” after they move into smaller...
| by Linda Cammuso, Estate and Trust Administration, Estate Planning
By Linda T. Cammuso A long and hard fought battle against Yahoo to access a deceased subscriber’s emails is one step closer to victory, as well as a poignant sign of the times. John Ajemian died at age 43 in a bicycle accident, leaving no will. His siblings were...
| by Brendan King, Estate Planning, MA ABLE
By Brendan J. King In March of 2015 we wrote about the ABLE Act becoming law. See Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act of 2014 Now Law: What it means to disabled individuals and their families. We are pleased to tell you that Massachusetts has launched its...
| by Linda Cammuso, Estate Planning
By Linda T. Cammuso Many American workers today are postponing retirement until 70 or even longer. While a variety of factors enter into their decision, approaching retirement at any age creates both an opportunity and a need to consider (or reconsider) implications...
| by Linda Cammuso, Estate Planning
By Linda T. Cammuso The opioid epidemic has become an everyday discussion in mainstream society. According to a recent Boston Globe article, 4 in 10 adults know someone who has abused prescription painkillers in recent years. You may even be among those who know of a...
| Estate Planning, Special Needs & Disability Planning, The Firm
Brendan King was featured in a full page article in the March 26, 2017 edition of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette’s Sunday Telegram, discussing estate planning for individuals with special needs. A specialist in this legal area, Brendan draws from his own...
| Autism Awareness Month, Estate Planning
Autism and Special Needs: April is National Autism Awareness Month. This is an opportunity to promote awareness, support and acceptance for individuals and their families and caregivers who are affected by autism. At Estate Preservation Law Offices, we take this...
| by Brendan King, Estate Planning, Special Needs & Disability Planning
By Brendan J. King: If you are the parent, grandparent or other caretaker of an autistic or special needs individual, there are specific details that must be addressed in your estate plan. The planning process considers financial, legal and lifetime needs for...
| Autism Awareness Month, by Linda Cammuso, Estate Planning
By Linda T. Cammuso: Through the years laws have been enacted to help the special needs community. The American with Disabilities Act (ADA) first became law in 1990, with subsequent amendments, and its purpose was to ensure that people with disabilities have the same...
| Estate Planning, The Firm
Worcester, MA, March 16, 2017— Estate Preservation Law Offices (EPLO), of Worcester, MA, announces the acquisition of the Law Office of Carrie Dolmat-Connell, a firm that specialized in estate planning, elder law, probate and administration, and business law....
| by Carol Barton, Estate Planning, MassHealth
By Carol F. Barton: Concerns about the state Medicaid (MassHealth) budget are nothing new, and the need for reform has been widely acknowledged. Consequently, the biggest change to the MassHealth/Medicaid program in over ten years is now on the horizon. Federal...
| by Linda Cammuso, Estate Planning
By Linda T. Cammuso: Over the years, in many different client meetings and discussions, we have heard clients or their families say that they will “never go into a nursing home”. Usually this sentiment is an expression of support by children (“Dad knows we would...
