Category Archives: Orlando Estate Planning Lawyer
Summer Retirement Project: Painless Decluttering
Now that you have recently retired, so much has changed, but so much hasn’t changed. You have decided to stay in the same house where you have lived for decades, so you don’t have to get ready for a move. Finding ways to occupy your time is one of the biggest challenges of adjusting… Read More »
Is It Really Worth It To Buy Long-Term Care Insurance?
People buy insurance hoping that they never have to use it. Most of the time, we do not put very much thought into our insurance buying decisions. You buy car insurance because it is against the law to drive without it. If your employer offers health insurance, you sign up for it when you… Read More »
A Snowbird’s Guide To Getting Your Ducks In A Row
While you were working, you always wished that your vacations to Florida could last longer. Now that you are retired, you have all the time in the world to spend in Florida, but it isn’t quite that simple. The mild winter weather is heavenly, but in the summer, you could do without the daily… Read More »
Helping Your Kids Afford Home Ownership: Dos And Don’ts
If you are a parent, then your children figure into your retirement plans in some way or another. Perhaps your attitude is, “We are finished raising our children; our retirement savings are for us, and if there is anything left when we die, our kids can have it,” but even if this is the… Read More »
Your Estate Plan Should Include Care And Support For Family Caregivers, Too
Aging in place and living close to your children or siblings during retirement is the obvious choice for many members of close-knit families, especially if they are already living with other adult family members besides their spouse while they are still in the workforce. On the surface, relying on your family for care seems… Read More »
What Does Medicaid’s Five-Year Look Back Rule Have To Do With Your Estate Plan?
Relying on Medicaid for nursing home care is no one’s idea of a dream come true. Once you enter a nursing home as a Medicaid recipient, the state does everything within its power to reimburse itself for its so-called generosity to you. Your Social Security check goes straight to Medicaid, and you get a… Read More »
Asset Protection Strategies To Keep Medicaid From Helping Itself To Your Estate
Like the mother-in-law who promises to provide free childcare and then breaks all your rules about food and discipline while complaining constantly about how noisy your kids are and how much they eat, Medicaid is there for you. Most of the things in life that promise to be freebies are not, including Medicaid nursing… Read More »
Are Burial And Cremation The Only Options?
Maybe you do not care what will happen to your money after you die, and perhaps you do not have any money for anyone to inherit, but one thing is certain. Everyone who dies leaves behind mortal remains. Even if you do not have any property, you at least owe it to the people… Read More »
You Are the Boss Of Your Own Estate Plan
There are plenty of reasons to be stressed out about the winter season when you are a parent of young children; this is mostly because you are busy beyond belief year-round, but when the winter season come around, you must take on even more responsibilities while contributing to an atmosphere of relaxation and good… Read More »
Enhanced Life Estate Deeds Enable You To Give Your House To Your Children And Keep It For Yourself, Too
Some people write their estate plans such that one beneficiary (usually the testator’s spouse) has the right to stay in the testator’s house for the rest of that beneficiary’s life, but after that beneficiary dies, another heir (usually the testator’s children from a previous marriage or the testator’s siblings) inherits the house. Five states,… Read More »