Burlington Medicaid planning attorneys at Unsworth LaPlante, PLLC can help you to prepare a plan to get covered by Medicaid if you need care. We help you to ensure that your life savings is not lost if you get sick and need to move to a nursing home or long term care at home. Unfortunately, far too many people do not realize how important Medicaid planning is to protecting their wealth as they get older. You don't want to make this mistake so you should reach out to Unsworth LaPlante, PLLC … [Read more...]
Why Your Heirs Would Prefer Living Trusts
Essex Junction living trust attorneys can provide you with help and support as you make plans to leave your legacy. While many people use a will to determine who will inherit and how assets will pass on to loved ones, your heirs or beneficiaries would likely prefer it if you would use a living trust. When you create a living trust and transfer assets into it, assets can transfer outside of the probate process. Unsworth LaPlante, PLLC can help you to determine what this would mean to your … [Read more...]
Why Young Families Should Work with Essex Junction Estate Planning Attorneys
Essex Junction estate planning attorneys can provide personalized help to people young and old who want to prepare and plan ahead for their future. Unsworth LaPlante, PLLC can help with making an estate plan, an incapacity plan, a retirement plan, and a legacy plan. While far too many people think they do not need to talk with Essex Junction estate planning attorneys unless they are older, it is actually very important for young families to get legal help. Unsworth LaPlante, PLLC can offer … [Read more...]
What Probate Lawyers Want Executors to Know
Probate lawyers can provide help to anyone involved in the probate process. Heirs or beneficiaries should get proper legal help to make sure that their inheritance is managed properly during this process, and those who believe a will is not a valid reflection of the wishes of the deceased should also get legal help to ensure they have the best chance to contest a will and win their argument. The most important person who needs to get legal help, however, is the executor of an estate. The … [Read more...]
Burlington Estate Planning Attorneys Explain the Importance of Advanced Directives
Burlington estate planning attorneys at Unsworth LaPlante, PLLC assist you in identifying the steps that you need to take to prepare in case you get sick or become badly hurt. We can help you to be prepared for life's unexpected tragedies by making effective use of legal tools that protect your autonomy and that protect your loved ones. You never know when something unexpected could happen and you could end up in a situation where medical decisions about your care need to be made and you are … [Read more...]
How to Make Sure You Get High Quality Nursing Home Care
Medicaid planning attorneys are here to help you make sure you can get the nursing home care you may come to require as you get older or if you get sick. There's a good chance of ending up in a nursing home, as around 70 percent of people who reach the age of 65 will need at least some care in a home during the rest of their lifetimes. You don't want your family scrambling to find a care facility and figure out how to pay for it at the time when you've just suffered a medical health crisis. … [Read more...]
Who Should You Put in Charge of Trust Administration?
One of the primary reasons for trust creation is the fact that when you have created a trust, the assets held within the trust can pass through the trust administration process. The trust administration process is more private, faster, easier, and less costly than the probate process, which Investopedia estimates can take around a year to complete and can cost up to three percent to seven percent of the value of the estate. The trust administration process should also be able to take place … [Read more...]
Medical Care is Expensive for Seniors, Even With Medicare
Burlington Medicaid planning attorneys can provide assistance making sure that covering the costs of medical care is possible during your senior years. Seniors become eligible to receive Medicare coverage at the age of 65 and many people mistakenly believe that once they become eligible for Medicare, they will not need to worry about healthcare costs any more. Unfortunately, this is not actually the case -- there are many types of essential care for seniors that Medicare pays nothing for at … [Read more...]
When is an Equal Inheritance Actually Unfair?
Estate planning attorneys work with you to understand what your goals are with regards to protecting your family and building your legacy. We can then help you to take steps — including making use of the right legal tools — to achieve the goals that you have set for yourself. Many people who work with estate planning attorneys indicate they want to make sure they are fair to their heirs or beneficiaries. For example, people may want to provide all of their children an equal inheritance. … [Read more...]
What Executors Must Know About the Probate Process
Burlington probate lawyers can provide representation to those who are going through probate after a death has occurred. Going through the probate process can be stressful and complicated after a death, particularly because it can be such a long process with Investopedia estimating probate lasts around a year. While all parties involved in probate may find the court proceedings and lengthy process to be burdensome, the person with the most responsibilities during the entirety of the probate … [Read more...]
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