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WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO MAKE AN ESTATE PLAN?
If you’re 18 or older, it’s time to make a will. Even young adults have assets and legal interests that need protecting and directing upon…
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UNCLAIMED MONEY IN SOUTH CAROLINA
You may be one of thousands that has money being held somewhere right now that you didn’t know existed. The South Carolina Unclaimed Property Act…
SHOULD YOU CONSULT AN ELDER LAW ATTORNEY ON MEDICAID ISSUES?
Yes, many people are reluctant to consult attorneys with respect to issues related to Medicaid coverage for nursing home care for the following reasons: Let’s…
TITLING VEHICLES
When titling a vehicle or mobile home with the SC Department of Motor Vehicle (hereinafter DMV), you may want to consider checking the “or” box…
I’VE HEARD SOME BAD THINGS ABOUT DURABLE GENERAL POWERS OF ATTORNEY
And don’t know if I should include one in my estate plan. The modern POA allows a competent individual, the principal, to preselect someone he…
I’M PLANNING AN EXTENDED TRIP TO MEXICO AND NEED TO KNOW IF MEDICARE WILL COVER ME WHILE ABROAD.
Generally Medicare does not cover health care, prescription drugs or dialysis when a person is traveling outside the U.S. There are a few narrow exceptions…
MY WIFE AND I HAD LIVING TRUSTS DONE FOR US ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO WITH ASSOCIATED ESTATE DOCUMENTS.
We have since inherited some antiques we want to divide between our children upon our deaths. Should we have everything reviewed? Yes, if there has…
WHAT ARE ADVANCE DIRECTIVES AND WHY DO I NEED THEM?
The legal battle over the life of Terri Shiavo, age 26 when she went into coma, caused many people to stop and think about end…
IN THE STATE’S DISCUSSION ON REDUCING MEDICAID FUNDING IS THERE SOMETHING MORE SOUTH CAROLINA CITIZENS SHOULD KNOW?
Yes. First, Medicaid in South Carolina is over a dozen different programs. One program covers only poor children and another severely handicapped children whose parents…
WHO SHOULD CONSIDER DOING MEDICAID PLANNING FOR NURSING HOME CARE AND WHEN SHOULD ONE START?
People of modest means with total assets between $25,000 to $500,000 should talk with an elder law attorney about Medicaid planning. Planning may be addressed…