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Bankruptcy
Conservatorship
- Britney Spears’ battle with her father
- How to Avoid Guardianship or Conservatorship in Massachusetts
- How to Avoid Guardianship and Conservatorship
- Is a Guardianship and Conservatorship Necessary
- Guardianships and Conservatorships
Elder Law
- Signs That an Elder Might Need Legal Intervention
- Why Is Elder Law Crucial for Your Long-Term Care Planning?
- No One Should Open Presents Alone: Supporting Seniors This Holiday Season
- Hiring a Caregiver
- Hiring a Caregiver: Should You Employ One Yourself or Go Through an Agency?
- Protecting Your House Before and After Moving Into a Nursing Home
- Five Benefits of Caregiver Agreements
- Making Decisions About End of Life Medical Treatment
- Long Distance Caregiving What You Need to Know
- Why Making Funeral and Burial Plans Now Should Be a Priority
- Green Funeral
- Caregiver Contracts in Massachusetts – What You Need to Know
- Tips for Protecting Older Adults Against Scams
- Dealing With Family When Making Caregiving Agreements
- Ten Tips to Fight Off Dementia
- Top Ten Things You Need to Know Before Moving Into a Nursing Home
- Do You Need a Care Committee?
- Preparing For Aging Alone
- What You Need to Know About Caring for Your Parents
- Independent Senior Living How You Can Help
- What Is a Death Doula and How Can One Help?
- Are You a Woman Going Through Retirement?
- Paying for In-Home Care
- Westport Elder Law Lawyer
- Communicating with Elder Clients
- Personal Care Arrangements
- Nursing Home CARE Matters Month
- Should I sign a nursing home admissions agreement?
- Moving in With Your Adult Children
- Westport ElderLaw: 10 Estate Planning Must-Haves
- Elder Law Trends in Rehoboth
- Dealing with Bills after Death
- Benefits of Pets for the Elderly
- 3 Things to Consider Before Retiring Abroad
- 5 TIPS TO HELP PAY YOUR PARENTS BILLS
Estate Administration
Estate Planning
- Your Child Is 18: Why Massachusetts Parents Should Think About a Health Care Proxy
- Understanding the Basics of Estate Planning: What You Need to Know
- How to Choose the Right Personal Representative for Your Estate in Massachusetts
- How Will My Estate Be Affected if One of My Heirs Files for Bankruptcy?
- What Is a Testamentary Trust?
- First Steps in Creating an Estate Plan
- How Often Should I Review & Update My Estate Plan?
- How Does Massachusetts Law Affect Your Estate Planning Strategy?
- Retirement Planning and Its Impact on Estate Planning
- Pros & Cons of a Life Estate Deed
- How Much Does Estate Planning Cost in Massachusetts?
- Revocable vs. Irrevocable Trusts: Which Is Right for You?
- How an ILIT can help offset estate taxes
- Estate Planning Myths
- Prevent Estate Planning Blunders
- How To Handle Firearms in Estate Planning
- Creating Death Bed Final Estate Planning Documents
- First Steps to Take When Handling the Estate of a Loved One
- Consequences of Using On-line Estate Planning Document No
- Consequences of Using On-line Estate Planning Documents
- Estate Planning For Social Media and Electronic Gadgets
- Who Keeps the Pet?
- What Qualities Should You look for When Choosing An Executor?
- Beware of Frequent Estate Planning Scams
- When to Update Your Estate Plan
- Are You Single? You Still Need an Estate Plan
- Massachusetts Estate Planning During the Holidays
- How to get out of Timeshare Ownership Obligations
- When to sell your parents’ home: The tax consequences
- Estate Planning During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Massachusetts
- Seven Common Oversights in Estate Planning
- Securing Your Pet’s Future with Estate Planning
- The Importance of Keeping Your Beneficiary Designations Up-To-Date
- Steps to Take in Advance of Death or Disability
- Getting Divorced? Don’t Forget to Update your Estate Plan
- What Is the Difference Between Estate Planning and Elder Law?
- What Not to Neglect in Your Estate Plan
- The Importance of Incapacity Planning for You and Your Family
- Reverse Mortgages and Your Heirs
- The Different Ways to Own Real Estate With Other People
- An Important Element of Your Estate Plan: Updating Beneficiary Designations
- Insurance and Estate Planning
- Estate Planning for Nursing Home Residents
- Do You Know Who Gets Access to Your Joint Account Upon Your Death?
- Blended Families and Estate Planning
- The Best Ways to Give Money to Your Grandchildren
- 11 Reasons to Update Your Estate Plan Before It’s Too Late
- What You Need to Know About Planning and Gifting
- Why You Should Not Disinherit Special Needs Family Members
- Planning Your Estate Involving Art in Massachusetts
- What You Need to Know When Selling Your Home
- When to Start Long Term Planning
- Helping Your Parents with Their Estate Planning
- Estate Planning Issues for Same-Sex Couples: What You Need to Know
- Lessons from Prince’s Poor Estate Planning
- Westport Estate Planning Lawyer
- 6 Estate Planning Lessons We Can Learn From Celebrities
- Estate Planning for People with Dementia or Alzheimer’s
- Is a Life Estate Right for You?
- Using Do-It-Yourself Legal Documents won’t give good “Bang for Your Buck”!
- Why Single People Need Estate Planning
- When Should I Hire an Estate Planning Attorney?
- Residential Real Estate Closing Process
- 7 Things Every Home Buyer Should Know
- A Warning on Beneficiary Designations
- Property Deed Scams
- Tips for Giving Gifts to Your Grandkids
- Veterans and Retirement and Estate Planning
- Essential Estate Planning Tips
- Are Americans Ready to Retire?
- Estate Planning To Do List
- Letting a “Do-it-Yourself” Product Plan Your Estate
Firm News
Last Will and Testament
- What Should I Know Before Drafting a Last Will and Testament?
- Reasons to Contest a Last Will and Testament
- Are Handwritten Notes on a Last Will and Testament Enforceable?
- How to Protect Your Last Will and Testament From Being Challenged
- Celebrities Who Have Died Without a Last Will and Testament Have Taught Us to Plan NOW
- How To Prepare for Death or Disability
- Tips for Succession Planning
- What Happens if I Don’t Have a Last Will and Testament in Massachusetts?
- Intestate Succession in Massachusetts
- It Doesn’t Happen Frequently but Last Will and Testaments Can Be Contested
- How to Contest a Will
- May Someone with Dementia Sign a Last Will and Testament?
- Out of any good ideas for Holiday Gifts? This season we suggest that you give your family a gift that can, and will, last generations!
- What to Do After a Loved One Passes
- Legal and Financial Steps to Take a After a Loved One Dies
- What You Need to Know About Disinheritance
MassHealth
- What are Pooled Trusts, Who Do They Benefit, Costs, and How Do They Work? How a Pooled Trust Benefits a MassHealth Recipient
- MassHealth Nursing Home Eligibility
- MassHealth and Property Seizures
- Nursing Home Mass Health Eligibility
- What Is a Massachusetts Health Care Proxy?
- Seminar Flyer Spring Health of Wealth with McBloom
Medicare/Medicaid
- What Is the Medicaid Look-Back Period and How Does It Work in Massachusetts?
- Should I Do Pre-Need Funeral Arrangements?
- Getting paid as a family caregiver through Medicaid
- Understanding Medicare’s hospice benefit
- The Effects of Gifts on Medicaid Planning
- Prepaid Funeral Contracts and Medicaid
- Gifting and Medicaid
- 4 Myths Regarding Medicaid Long-Term Care Coverage
- Top 5 Reasons to Use a Lawyer for MassHealth
- Unlicensed Medicaid Planners on the Rise
- Medicare and Nursing Homes What You Need to Know
- Nursing Homes and Medicaid; 5 Things You Need to Know
- Medicaid and Personal Injury Benefits
Power of Attorney
- What Can (And Can’t) an Agent Under a POA Actually Do?
- Parental Power of Attorney: The Legal Document Needed For Those Caring For Your Children
- Add “Powers of Attorney” to Your College Student’s Back-to-School Checklist
- What You Need to Know About Power of Attorneys in Massachusetts
- The Importance of a Power of Attorney
Probate Administration
- What to Do If You Are Named as an Executor
- What Happens During the Probate Process?
- How Long Does the Probate Process Usually Take?
- How Massachusetts Probate Law Impacts the Sale of a Decedent’s Real Estate
- How to Sell Real Estate in a Probate Estate
- How Do You Manage Debts and Expenses in Probate?
- MassHealth and Probate Estate Recovery
- Myths and Facts About Probate
- Why Should People Wish to Avoid Probate?
- Selling a Home in Probate What You Need to Know
Real Estate
Social Security
Special Needs Trusts
- What Are Special Needs Trusts Used For
- Using a Credit Card When You Have a Special Needs Trust
- Funding a Special Needs Trust with Life Insurance: The Basics
- Trusteeship Misconceptions in a Special Needs Trust
- Three Warning Signs That You May Need a Professional Trustee
- Explaining Conservatorship to Your Loved One
- Incentive Trusts: Ensuring That an Inheritance Will Be Well Spent
- Understanding the Common Types of Trusts
- What Happens to Assets Left in a Special Needs Trust on the Death of the Beneficiary?
- Four Questions to Help You Choose the Right Professional Trustee for Your Special Needs Trust
- Choosing the Trustee for Your Special Needs Trust
- Difference Between a Special Needs Trust and a Supplemental Needs Trust
- What You Need to Know About Funding A Special Needs Trust with Life Insurance
- What Are Special Needs Trusts?
- What is a Pooled Trust?
- Do You Need a Trust?
- Understanding Life Insurance Trusts (ILITs)
- Retirement Accounts and Your Living Trust: What You Need to Know
- What Are Stand-Alone Retirement Trust Accounts?
- Long-Term Planning for Persons with Special Needs
Trusts
- How to Fund a Revocable Living Trust Properly
- Can I Control and Amend an Irrevocable Trust or Revocable Trust?
- Trusts vs. Wills: Which Is Right for You?
- How to Legally Plan for Potential Long-Term Care Needs in MA
- Revocable vs. Irrevocable Trusts
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- Summer Sun & Solar Panels
- Teenagers off to College?
- Working with an Attorney? Tell the Truth!
- 8 Rules for Writing a Holiday Letter While Caregiving
- Why You Need an Advance Health Directive, also known as a Health Care Proxy with Advance Medical Directives
- What You Need to Know About Attorney in Fact
- What you need to know about Attorney in-fact Responsibilities
- MassHealth News Update: No More Caretaker Exemption Law
- Senior Credit Cards Stolen
- Best Places to Retire Inexpensively
- The Empty Office
Wills