- Divorce
- GuardianshipA guardianship is sometimes necessary when an individual has lost sufficient functional or cognitive capacity to make or communicate significant, responsible decisions about their health and safety.
- Medicaid PlanningOf course, proper Medicaid planning differs according to the relevant facts and circumstances of each situation as well as the state law.
- Estate PlanningEssential Estate Planning Documents: Making Choices, Taking Action - Hurley Elder Care Law | Georgia's #1 Certified Elder Law Attorney
- WillsAlso known as a beneficiary. A person named in a will to receive property. A legatee is a person to whom a legacy is given by a last will and testament.
- TrustsMedicaid asset protection involves preparing a thorough plan. You can transfer your assets to close family members or to an irrevocable trust in order to lessen the amounts available and thereby qualify for Medicaid benefits. Transfers that occur within five (5) years of nursing home admission will create a period of ineligibility for Medicaid. Is you loved one entering the nursing home now?
- Power of AttorneyA written instruction, such as a living will or durable power of attorney for health care, which guides care when an individual in terminally ill or incapacitated and unable to communicate his/her desires.
- Probate
- Tax LawOutright bequests offer simplicity, flexibility and some tax advantages, but you have no control over what the recipient does with the assets once they are transferred. Trusts can be useful when the beneficiaries are young or immature, when your estate is large, and for tax planning reasons. They also can provide the professional asset management capabilities an individual beneficiary lacks. Special consideration should be given to tax qualified retirement accounts like IRAs. New rules surrounding retirement accounts under the SECURE ACT went into effect on January 1, 2020.