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Consider Sole Benefit Trusts for Medicaid Spend Down
July 8th, 2016
Long-term care is expensive, and an older individual may consider Medicaid to pay for that care. If the individual has a family member or friend with a disability, a sole benefit trust could be considered. If drafted correctly, transfers of the indiv…
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Important Developments Regarding the Laws on Delegation of Parental Rights
May 17th, 2016
For various reasons, sometimes parents are unable to care for their children. For example, a child may be taking a trip out of state with a school or extracurricular program and an unrelated adult supervising the trip needs authority to make medical…
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Maine Policy Review On Aging Now Published
December 4th, 2015
A special issue of Maine Policy Review on aging (2015, Vol. 24, No. 2) has now been published. The issue was a collaborative effort between the Center on Aging and the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, which publishes the journal. You will find som…
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Change in Maine Law Regarding Liability of an Agent Serving Under a Financial Power of Attorney
November 17th, 2015
In a financial power of attorney, one person (the principal) gives another person (the agent) the authority to manage the principal’s property and to make financial decisions for the principal. A financial power of attorney (FPOA) is a very powerfu…
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Distributions from Special Needs Trusts In Kind Distributions, Credit Cards, Gift Cards, or Debit Cards
October 21st, 2015
The Voice is the e-mail newsletter of The Special Needs Alliance. This installment was written by Special Needs Alliance member Laurie Hanson, a shareholder in the Minneapolis, Minnesota, elder law firm of Long, Reher & Hanson, P.A. The firm̵…
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Differences Matter - First vs Third Party SNTs - Purpose, Structure and Creation
October 20th, 2015
Jane Skelton presented at the 2015 Special Needs Trusts National Conference in St. Petersburg, Florida, on October 15, 2015. Stetson University’s Center of Excellence in Elder Law has offered the three-day conference for 17 years. There were mo…
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Understanding the Probate Process
September 1st, 2015
What Is Probate? One purpose of the Probate Court is to handle the transfer of property from the estate of a deceased individual to those entitled to inherit such property. If the deceased left a will, probate includes the legal process of establishi…
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Telephone Scams Preying on Vulnerable Adults
August 19th, 2015
This installment of the Voice was written by Amos Goodall of the State College, Pennsylvania law firm Goodall & Yurchak, P.C. His practice emphasizes estate planning and implementation for elders, persons with special needs and their families. A…
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Disabled Military Child Protection Act
August 10th, 2015
The Voice is the e-mail newsletter of The Special Needs Alliance. This installment was written by Special Needs Alliance member Kelly A. Thompson. Kelly has been a lawyer for 36 years, practicing law in Arlington, Virginia for the last 20 years. Her…
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