Finding out about long-term care services and how to pay for them often overwhelms many people. If you served your country in the military, you likely have access to certain benefits that could make the process less expensive. These benefits come in several different...
Both living trusts and wills can be powerful forces in your estate plan. However, while the majority of Americans are at least casually familiar with what a will does, living trusts are far less well understood. There are two major types of living trusts. Which one is...
When creating your Virginia estate plan, you have options, and different estate planning tools enable you to accomplish different estate planning objectives. Many people working on their estate plans choose to create wills, irrevocable trusts, or both along the way....
Injury, illness, age and various other factors may leave people unable to speak or to make decisions for themselves. When loved ones cannot care for themselves because of physical or mental incapacities, family members may consider asking the court to appoint...
If you are your mother’s caregiver, it is natural for you to have concerns about nursing home abuse or neglect. Both of these are huge problems in caregiving facilities across the United States. However, it is also possible that if your mother is complaining about the...
An advance medical directive is a planning tool for future medical complications. The directive is a legal document that explains how you want others to handle your medical decisions when you cannot make those decisions yourself. Advance directives are not just for...
As an adult child, you want what is best for your parent’s health and wellness. Unfortunately, disabling conditions in the elderly may require you to take control of your parent’s care. As explained by the Virginia circuit court, the guardian takes responsibility for...
Though nobody likes to think about it, there is a chance that you will eventually need to live in a nursing home or assisted living facility. None of us can predict what will happen as we get older. While you might be fortunate enough to live independently for the...
Virginia residents like you put time and effort into your estate plan. But many people make a big mistake. They write an estate plan and never update it again. If you think you can leave an estate plan as-is for years or decades, you are unfortunately incorrect. You...
Virginia residents like you who already have an estate plan may still have questions. Should you ever update it? If so, when is the right time? Today we will take a careful look into estate plan updates to answer these questions. Forbes discusses when to update an...
