» estate planning

When Should You Update Your Estate Planning Documents? The Five Ds

August 6th, 2019
Legal documents are meant to reflect your current life circumstances and wishes, so they should change as your life does. In the estate planning world, we refer to the “5 Ds.” These are significant shifts that can serve as reminders to consider u… Read More
Read More
Categories: Estate Planning, Wills & Trusts
Tags: Death, Decade, Decline, diagnosis, divorce, estate planning, Legal documents

Does all Property go Through Probate?

May 7th, 2019
The purpose of a Last Will and Testament is to control the distribution of property in your probate estate after your death. But what property makes up your probate estate? Not all of it! Anything that is not part of your probate estate is not contro… Read More
Read More
Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: estate planning, home ownership, jointly owned property, probate law, shared property, Wills

Medicaid Estate Recovery: Will the State Take my House?

April 10th, 2019
There is a lot of misinformation and confusion surrounding estate recovery and the Maine Medicaid (MaineCare) long-term care benefit. One of the biggest fears we hear from aging Mainers is, “I don’t want the State to take my house.” That only h… Read More
Read More
Categories: Estate Planning, Wills & Trusts
Tags: elder law, estate planning, estate recovery, Mainecare, Medicaid