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PROBATE, ESTATE PLANNING
Q. What things can be done to avoid probate?A. A simple way to avoid probate is to give away property during your lifetime. But there…
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DOES A HEALTH CARE POWER OF ATTORNEY COVER MEDICARE?
Not necessarily. Medicare due to its privacy notice has its own form they want completed. A competent person can complete the form called 1-800-MEDICARE AUTHORIZATION…
DOES A REVOCABLE TRUST REPLACE A WILL? DO ALL ASSETS HAVE TO GO INTO THE REVOCABLE TRUST? AND HOW MUCH DO TRUSTEES TYPICALLY GET PAID?
Living or revocable trusts are effective estate planning tools that can avoid the hassle and cost of probate and ease the transition of assets after…
I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT FUNDS TO HELP WITH COVID-19 DEATHS?
YES. FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Administration) whose mission it is to help people before, during and after disasters will have funds available starting April 12,…
MY MOTHER JUST INHERITED $60,000.
Q. My Mother just inherited $60,000. She owns her own home and has a modest income. She has few other assets. She had a stroke…
WHEN IS AN ANCILLARY ESTATE REQUIRED IN PROBATE COURT?
When a decedent owned real property in another county of South Carolina or another state other than the state in which probate proceedings have been…
HOW DO LAWYERS ACCOMMODATE CLIENTS WITH DISABILITIES?
I will answer this question in two ways. First, in 1980 I worked at the Maryland School for the Deaf which had just started mainstreaming…
ADVANCE DIRECTIVES
Q. I did a living will almost three decades ago. Does it need to be updated?Yes. A lot has changed since 1990. The law changes…
REVOCABLE TRUSTS
This is a big one so let’s take a few steps back to ensure readers can follow along. The qualified trust rules of Internal Revenue Code…
ADVANCE DIRECTIVES
Let’s look back at some of the important medical advancements in our lifetimes. Each summer from 1916 on there was an outbreak of polio in…