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Connecticut Medicaid & Estate Planning 

Connecticut Medicaid news and information for the public and professionals.
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Veteran Benefits for Assisted Living and Nursing Home Care
Posted on December 16, 2007One of the Veteran Administration's best kept secrets, which is an excellent potential source of funds for long term care (either at home or in an assisted living facility) are veteran's benefits for a non service connected disability. Most VA benefits and pensions are based on a disability which was incurred during a veteran's wartime service...
It?s Snowing
Posted on December 13, 2007Do not adjust your web browsers. That is snow, or a reasonable facsimile thereof, falling on your screen. Bookmark or E-mail This
Why Your Family Won?t Qualify for the New IRA Rollover Opportunity
Posted on December 07, 2007Come January 1, 2008 every non-spouse designated beneficiary will have the option to rollover an inherited IRA and stretch distributions. However, in order to take advantage of this opportunity your estate plan must be setup correctly to qualify for this rollover opportunity...
Wal-Mart?s ERISA Insurer Strikes A Special Needs Trust
Posted on December 02, 2007In August I first brought up the growing trend of insurance companies using ERISA laws to recover from the proceeds of personal injury suits pursued by their own customers against those responsible for the injury. You can read that article here. I had hoped this would not become a snowballing trend because in many ways it is truly horrible...
Critical Medicaid Mistake #1
Posted on December 01, 2007So somewhat regularly I get requests to help families that have already done their own asset protection plan for Medicaid. Can you see where I am going with this? If they are contacting me to fix something, obviously their do it yourself plan went wrong somewhere and they are now in a lurch between the nursing home and the Department of Social Services (DSS)...
Power of Attorney v. Conservatorship
Posted on November 25, 2007The Importance of a Power of Attorney A Power of Attorney is one of the most important legal documents a person can have. Without a comprehensive power of attorney, many people are neither able to handle their loved ones financial matters nor make health care decisions without seeking court intervention (Conservatorship)...
Site Search is Live (Almost)
Posted on November 20, 2007Today I am launching the site search project. There is a lot of information spread throughout my site and sometimes the best way to find something is with a keyword search. I say the site search is almost live because the search method I use is subject to change based on how things unfold during this test.
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Real Estate Agents, Lenders, Appraisers & Home Inspectors: ARE BUYERS WASTING TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME?
PREQUALIFY, PREQUALIFY, PREQUALIFY. It cannot be said enough times...
Should Sellers Hire a Real Estate Agent?
We often say YES! There are simply far too many unscrupulous buyer...
What Should Sellers Look for in Hiring a Real Estate Agent?
MARKETING SKILLS, MARKETING "SUPPORT" AND EXPERIENCE. There are nu...
Real Estate Tax Appeals: Who Has the Burden of Proof
Recently, many municipalities have performed revaluations in order...
Real Estate Tax Appeals: Who Has the Burden of Proof
Recently, many municipalities have performed revaluations in order...
Estate Planning
Documents: durable power of attorney, living will, letter of instruction, and insurance trust
Real Estate Brokers
Questions home sellers should ask potential brokers
Real Estate Brokers
The role brokersplay
Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...
How to make a landlord honor an option to buy provision in the lease (OH)?
Most leases are written as a one year agreement, if neither party elects to form...
Can I sue the executor of my fathers estate?
Get a lawyer. Not one you pay by the hour - a contingency based attorney. If he ...
How to prove child support payments were sent by US Mail?
Your best bet is to send the checks via certified mail return receipt requested....
My father and mother died with a will. The will states that the family house be sold and any money left be divided equally among the sibling. The house as a loan against it for $200.000. The executor of the estate (my si
Contest the will, this should lock things up in probate and prevent her from doi...

Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...
How to make a landlord honor an option to buy provision in the lease (OH)?
Most leases are written as a one year agreement, if neither party elects to form...
Can I sue the executor of my fathers estate?
Get a lawyer. Not one you pay by the hour - a contingency based attorney. If he ...
How to prove child support payments were sent by US Mail?
Your best bet is to send the checks via certified mail return receipt requested....
My father and mother died with a will. The will states that the family house be sold and any money left be divided equally among the sibling. The house as a loan against it for $200.000. The executor of the estate (my si
Contest the will, this should lock things up in probate and prevent her from doi...








