Please explain more details on self-dealing?

It is an astoundingly bad idea to try to second guess your lawyer based on off the cuff general info you may pick up on Avvo. It would be like...

My mother, age 99, has applied for Medicaid and has a life estate in a farm I inherited in 1975 worth perhaps $500,000.

A life estate is an ownership interest in real estate. A life estate holder can sell or rent the real estate but the buyer's/renter's interest...

Can I legally challenge a doctors note saying someone needs a caretaker?Caretaker to live on property in separate house.

A doctor's note does not necessarily have any legal effect but it may. You haven't provided nearly enough information for lawyers to determine the...

How do you protect your home & other assets before entering a nursing home.

Great Question! Various techniques are available to protect assets in case one needs long term care. Depending on a family's circumstances,...

Is there any way to protect monies held in an estate account from Medicaid making a claim against it?

Certainly some amounts can be protected as administration expenses, but you need a consult with an elder law attorney to figure out what's what. ...

For medicaid exemption, can elderly dad's home be titled jointly with daughter?Or, can it be transferred to dad later for$1

MAYBE but VERY risky unless done with expert legal advice. If not done correctly could result in dad making a gift to daughter for full value of...

What Legal Advice can someone give?????

At common law, there was a "one bite rule" meaning a dog owner wasn't liable for certain dog bites if he didn't have reason to know the dog is a...

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My mother has altimers and is in long term care, she is about 50/50. her husband has a new girl friend already and is moving her

There are many things kids can do to protect a parent whose capacity declines, especially in a second marriage. However, the appropriate remedy is...

My brother is in a nurseing home against his will, his condition has drasticlly dropped and he has stopped talking, i can prove

If the family were heavily involved all along, a public conservator probably wouldn't have handled placement. If the family seeks to get involved...

I need a lawyer to help me take guardianship over my father from his lawyer

Since the court appointed an attorney as guardian rather than you, you can't get guardianship changed unless you convince a court that doing so...