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23 May SUCCESS STORY OF THE MONTH – REVOKING AN IRREVOCABLE TRUST

Posted at 09:00h in Estate Planning, Lady Bird Deed, Long Term Care, Medicaid Planning, Probate Administration, Success Story of the Month, Trusts

Husband and wife created a revocable living trust many years ago and deeded their homestead into the trust (the “Trust”). Husband and wife have two children born of their marriage. The Trust required that upon the first of them to die, the separate property and...

14 May LADYBIRD DEED VS. ASSET PROTECTION TRUST FOR PROTECTION OF HOMESTEAD

Posted at 09:00h in Asset Protection, End of Life Care Planning, Estate Planning, Home Equity, Lady Bird Deed, Long Term Care, Medicaid Application, Medicaid Planning, Mortgage, Nursing Home, Power of Attorney, Probate Administration, Texas Bar Today Top 10 Blog Posts, Transfer of Death, Trusts

Although there are numerous ways to protect your home from the claim of the state Medicaid agency (Health and Human Services Commission) if you receive Medicaid assistance (most typically for care at home or in a nursing home or other facility that accepts Medicaid, drug...

10 May DMV FAILS DRIVER’S TEST

Posted at 09:00h in Beneficiary, Estate Planning, Medicaid Planning, Probate Administration, Transfer of Death

On June 9, 2017, Governor Abbott signed a new law to be effective as of September 1, 2017 whereby an owner of a motor vehicle can transfer his or her motor vehicle at the owner’s death outside of probate (where it transfers by Will) or...

01 May BARBARA BUSH – DEATH WITH DIGNITY: END-OF-LIFE CARE PLANNING

Posted at 09:00h in Disability Benefits, End of Life Care Planning, Long Term Care, Michael Cohen Dallas Elder Lawyer, Power of Attorney, Wills

Prior to her death last week, Barbara Bush, wife of former President George H.W. Bush, decided she wanted comfort care at home during her final days as opposed to being connected with machines to keep her alive. She knew she was going to die –...