How can an 89 year old woman get a will changed for very little or no cost

While it is frustrating, Legal Aid is ethically correct in saying that she must place the call. She would be their client and only she can make her...

What legal rights do i have and can i stop my brother from doing any more financial damage to my mothers accounts?

I agree with my colleagues' advice regarding APS, but am concerned that said you were going to show up with POA documents for your mother to sign....

We have no idea from your post what you are asking the attorney, but if the attorney was retained by your sister, the attorney may be confronting...

Will her disability and medicare/Medicaid be in jeopardy if she receives this money?

Your niece could establish an account for herself in a "pooled trust" and then assign her inheritance to that separate trust account. For persons...

I don't practice law in WA, but I know that in many States maliciously filing a false report with Adult Protective Services is a criminal act....

Why is it "legal" for a trust attorney to draft a trust, giving the trustee all kinds of powers, when the courts won't allow it?

I agree with Steve Zelinger. It sounds like you need to talk to an attorney who does special needs trusts. These are complex instruments in which...

You are fortunate to have a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys in Montrose. Give Lincoln Anderson a call at 970-318-1228. I have...

Question concerning elderly parent and Power of Attorney.

This is not a health care question. I have changed the practice area to "elder law" to get your question before the right type of attorney.

Getting power of attorney?

A power of attorney is not something you "get." It must be given and in order for your brother to give your father his power of attorney your...

To get appointed as executor by the court a probate will need to be opened, but depending upon the size and character of the estate it may only be...