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• Posted in: Special Needs Planning

A Special Needs Trust (or “SNT”) is a wonderful—and necessary—tool to protect your Special Needs Child’s public benefits, to protect their inheritance, and to provide them with the extra funds they will need to have a home and food and clothing. But some parents still think it’s not enough. They know that something more is needed if […]

• Posted in: Special Needs Planning

Regardless of your political leanings, it is undeniable that the nomination of Sarah Palin as the Republican Vice Presidential candidate has brought the issues and concerns of parents of special needs children into the limelight.  Here at our office, we think that any media attention given to special needs families is for the better. Most […]

• Posted in: Current Affairs

In spite of the growing numbers of adult children finding themselves in the situation of having to care for elderly parents, the role of caretaker can be a lonely and frustrating one.  But now there’s a place for caretakers to go online where they can get relevant news, good information, familiar stories, and most importantly: […]

• Posted in: Elder Law

Emily Dickinson knew firsthand that the aging of our parents can take us by surprise.  Most of us hold an image in our hearts of our parents as they were when we were children: young, strong, and sure.  They were our providers and our protectors, and stood between us and the more frightening aspects of […]

• Posted in: Elder Law

My conversation with a client yesterday regarding his aging parents’ Long Term Care needs inspired this post. If you are the child of parents who are now over the age of 65, you’ve probably given at least some passing thought to the day when one of your parents may need Long Term Care. Perhaps that […]

• Posted in: Estate Planning

We have said a number of times in our blog that Estate Planning will bring you peace of mind, and apparently we aren’t the only ones who think so! In fact, Andrew Flusche believes Estate Planning brings enough peace of mind to warrant an entire blog post about it for Leo Babauta’s blog Zen Habits. […]

• Posted in: Estate Planning

If you’ve been reading our blog, then you know by now why it is so important to create an Estate Plan. However, you might not yet realize how important it is to review your Estate Plan regularly, and keep it updated. The primary reason to review your Estate Plan regularly is the simple fact that your […]

• Posted in: Estate Planning

I just moved my 18-year-old son to his college dorm last weekend. The beginning of September always brings with it a lot of groaning from the back-to-school set. After months of fun and freedom and sleeping late, they have to go back to doing hard things, and boring things. You hear a lot of those […]

• Posted in: Estate Planning

Estate planning isn’t always serious business. Perhaps you’re familiar with this well known joke that was recently emailed to me: When a shy and homely young man found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly father died, he decided he needed a woman with which to enjoy it. So one evening he went […]

• Posted in: Retirement Planning

We have a lot of posts on our blog about retirement issues; planning for it, saving for it, protecting it.  But what if retirement could be not just an ending, but a new beginning?  What if retirement was your opportunity to decide anew “what you want to be when you grow up?” Many new retirees […]