Should I Purchase Long-Term Care Insurance?
When Should I Consider Getting Long-term Care Insurance? When you plan for retirement, the first things that come to mind might be vacations, lounging on a beach, traveling, and enjoying your grandkids. Naturally, focusing on the fun times ahead may be the first thing...
Choosing Your Executor or Trustee
How to Choose an Executor for Your Estate One of the most important steps you can take when protecting your assets for future generations of your family is to create an estate plan with a living trust and pour-over will. However, planning does not end there. Your next...
Special Needs Trusts
Raising a developmentally disabled child is one of the most unique and wonderful experiences in life. The loving bond that relationship creates runs as deep and powerful as any river and soar as high as any mountain. As the years pass by, many parents begin to wonder,...
How To Pay for Long-Term Care
Will Medi-Cal Pay for Nursing Home Care in California? One of the biggest issues facing senior citizens and their families is figuring out how to pay for long-term care. If an elderly person requires the full-time care of a nursing home or other facility, the expenses...
What is Probate?
Probate Facts and Tips for California Residents Probate is a scary situation to confront because dealing with the process means a loved one has passed away. Many people may be frightened by probate, but if your family finds itself without an estate plan, and staring...
How to Create the Perfect Asset Protection Plan
The field of Elder Law is relatively new, but it continues to play an important role in helping families develop estate plans and begin to protect their assets. The key to creating the perfect asset protection plan is to create a situation where clients avoid...
How to Protect Your Assets from Online Fraud
Five Tips for How Seniors Can Avoid Online Scams Scams come in all shapes and sizes. I’m sure we can all name our favorite “grifter” movies from 'The Sting' to 'Ocean’s 11' without thinking twice. However, getting scammed isn’t just something that happens in movies...
How to Properly Administer a Trust
8 Steps for Administering a Trust in California Administering a trust can be a complicated and detailed affair, depending on the circumstances of the case and the assets involved. However, with the help of an experienced Trust Administration attorney, the process can...
Do You Know Where Your Estate Planning Documents Are?
What Good is an Estate Plan if No One Can Find It? Establishing an estate plan is a huge accomplishment and milestone for many people. Protecting your assets and family’s future places you into a certain category as an adult and provides you with unmatched peace of...
4 Common Medi-Cal Questions Answered
California Medi-Cal Questions and Answers Most people have a host of questions about the Medi-Cal planning process. Will my level of care decrease? Can I qualify? Is my house exempt? In today’s blog, we’ll go over four frequently asked questions about Medi-Cal. ...
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