Elder Law News

If you use a public AI to brainstorm your will or summarize your attorney's advice, you voluntarily disclosing your private intentions to a third-party platform that can collect, store, [...]

A federal law going into effect in 2028 will cap the amount of home equity a person can have and still qualify for Medicaid long-term care at $1 million.

Current laws don't stop artificial intelligence (AI) from resurrecting your voice and image after death. Learn about five traps in estate planning and how to protect your digital self.

If your Medicare Advantage plan is terminated or leaves your area, you'll revert to Original Medicare, but you must act to keep drug coverage. Learn deadlines, options, and how to [...]

My mom is going onto Medicaid and has a line of credit (not a HELOC) with a balance owed. What happens to that debt once she is in long term-care, with very little SSI, and cannot pay [...]

My father currently receives institutional Medicaid in New York City, where Medicaid spousal impoverishment rules allow a community spouse living at home a Monthly Maintenance Needs [...]

If a wife wants to give her husband the right to stay in the home after her death and, at the time of his death, have the house donated to the church, what type of will does she need or [...]

What happens to a certificate of deposit with three names on it, when one applies for Medicaid?

How can I obtain power of attorney for a resistant elder parent with dementia?

My mom and I bought a house together in 2020. We split it 50/50. We are both widows. I am 64 (65 in May); she is now 84. We live in Texas. I get a homestead exemption on half of the [...]