What happens when a disabled young adult's caregiver dies and next of kin cannot or will not care for them?
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Answered on September 10, 2019
Someone with a feeling of responsibility and integrity needs consider a professional guardian in a guardianship process if the disabled young adult...
My mother owns her home in Florida. She is 81. If she was to be sued or had to be put in a nursing home, can we lose the home?
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Answered on September 25, 2018
The lady bird deed gets you there.
Can I legally transfer ownership of my Moms house to my name if we we’re living with her and taking care of her at home ?
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Answered on August 28, 2018
This is allowable for Medicaid purposes if done the correct way and you are her child and her name is on your birth certificate (as opposed to step...
Am I responsible for paying dues on a condo that I'm a heir to?
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Answered on May 19, 2015
If you can't pay anyone, then you can try to sell the condo and try to have the attorney bills and HOA fees paid at the closing - let the realtor...
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Can medicare/medicaid deny skilled nursing home (custodial) care to a 93 year old man with advanced dementia because he can walk
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Answered on February 26, 2015
It doesn't sound like your family member has been denied already. So I'm addressing this prospectively.
First, you'll need to look at a new...
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Estate with seperate irrevocable trust for each parent plus irrivocable trust for father. cant make sense of the purpose for all
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Answered on February 23, 2015
None takes precedence over he other. Think of each trust as being in its own self contained world.
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Can I take out a mortgage within an IR trust to pay for nursing home costs if Mom needs to go into an ALF b/4 5 yrs?
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Answered on February 14, 2015
RE mortgage: It depends on the terms of the irrevocable trust, but most banks won't lend to an IRR trust. Usually the lender cannot sell the...
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Me, my sister and my mom co-owned a house in Florida. She died five years ago. Do I need an estate attorney to sell my house?
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Answered on January 30, 2015
Does the deed after the grantee's names: "joint tenants with rights of survivorship"?
If not, then the answer is yes.
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My mom just applied for medicaid and I am worried about the"look back" period. What do I do?
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Answered on January 27, 2015
You can find out where the $8k went through her bank records if you have a durable power of attorney. If she spent it on herself for something,...
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Do I have any legal claim to any of the estate. She verbalized but did not document her wish that I have everything.
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Answered on January 10, 2015
You have a major uphill battle without something in writing. You'll likely have to hire and pay an attorney a lot of money for success, which is...
