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- Category: Able Act of 2014
- Category: Adult Guardianships
- Category: Business Planning
- Category: Elder Financial Abuse
- Category: Elder Law
- Top 5 Nashua Elder Law Topics
- Londonderry Elder Law Attorneys – Will I Develop Alzheimer’s?
- Beverly Elder Law Topics: When Is Guardianship the Best Solution?
- Nashua Elder Law Attorneys Offer Tips for Caregivers
- Beverly Elder Law Attorneys Explain Long Term Care Insurance
- New Hampshire Prosecutor Warns about “Grandma I Need Help” Elder Scam
- Andover Elder Law Attorneys — What to Do If You Suspect a Family Member Is Abusing Your Mother
- Is There a Cure for Alzheimer’s Yet?
- Beverly Elder Law Attorneys Offer Estate Planning Tips for Your Retirement Years
- Reporting Elder Abuse in Massachusetts – What Can You Do If You Believe a Loved One Is Being Abused?
- Can a Massachusetts Elder Law Attorney Help Me with a Complaint about a Nursing Home?
- New Hampshire Nursing Home Uses Companion Dog to Help Alzheimer Patients
- Common Signs of Elder Abuse
- Should There Be Better Oversight of Nursing Home Trust Funds?
- Changes to Nursing Home Ratings Review System
- Celebrity’s Daughter Pushes for Protection to Visit Ailing Parents
- Protecting Elderly Loved Ones in Nursing Homes
- What is the Grandparent Scam?
- Retired and Homeless
- State of AL Opens Elder Abuse Investigation for Harper Lee
- Depression and Suicide in the Elderly
- Is Harper Lee a Victim of Elder Abuse?
- Underdiagnosed Depression in Elderly
- What You Need to Know Before Medicare’s Open Enrollment
- Medicaid Planning in Beverly: What is the Medicaid Spend Down?
- CMS Issues New Rules for Senior Housing
- Free Report: April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month
- Promising News for Alzheimer’s
- New Hampshire Medicaid Waivers
- Bankruptcy on the Rise for Elderly
- New Hampshire and its Balancing Incentive Payments Program
- Is Assisted Living Right for Your Family?
- Long Term Care in New Hampshire [Infographics]
- Ongoing Long Term Care Problems
- A New Problem for Seniors: Data Breaches and ID Theft
- Long Term Care in Londonderry New Hampshire
- Retirement? Not Yet. Parenting Grandkids
- An Introduction to Medicaid, Medicare
- Category: Medicaid Planning
- Top 5 Nashua Medicaid Planning Mistakes
- October Is Long-Term Care Planning Month — Do You Have a Plan?
- When Is It Too Late to Consult with a Medicaid Planning Attorney?
- Beverly Medicaid Attorney Explains Medicaid and Medicare
- Can I Get Help with Nursing Home Costs in New Hampshire?
- Understanding Medicare and Medicaid Dual Eligibility
- Medicaid Supplemental Programs
- Are There Real Benefits in a Durable Power of Attorney?
- Are Our Elderly Skipping Medications?
- Medicare Paying 15X More for One Drug
- Supplemental Security Income
- Fact or Fiction: Understanding Medicaid Guidelines
- What is Medicaid Estate Recovery?
- 4 Reasons to Plan for Medicaid Now
- A Cure for Alzheimer’s?
- Medicaid Payments in Jeopardy?
- Medicaid and Medicare Differences
- Free Report: Your Medicare Part B Costs in New Hampshire
- New Hampshire Dual’s Eligibility: Medicaid and Medicare
- Category: Veterans Benefits
- Category: Estate Planning
- Planning for the Client Moving Overseas
- New Asset Transfer Look-Back for VA Aid & Attendance Coming Soon: The Window of Opportunity is Closing Quickly!
- Treasury Releases New Inflation Adjustment
- Incapacity Planning
- Trusts for Privacy
- What’s a 529 Plan and What Are the Benefits to Using One?
- Estate Planning: It’s Not Just About the Estate Taxes
- Planning for Frequent Flyer Miles
- 6 Important Estate Planning Considerations – Part 6: Taxes
- Planning for the International Client
- Dead Hand Control: How Much is Too Much?
- How Are You Planning for Long-Term Care (LTC) Expenses?
- Income Tax Basis in Estate Planning – Part 2
- 6 Important Estate Planning Considerations – Part 5: Retirement Assets
- 6 Important Estate Planning Considerations – Part 4: Beneficiary Designations
- 6 Important Estate Planning Considerations – Part 3: Your Kids
- Estate Planning is Too Important to Procrastinate
- 6 Important Estate Planning Considerations – Part 2: Long-Term Care
- 6 Important Estate Planning Considerations – Part 1: Incapacity
- Retirement: It’s not Just About the Money
- Top 10 Tips by Estate Planning Lawyers
- 5 Reasons You Need a Trust Administration Attorney If You Are a Trustee
- Do I Really Need an Estate Planning Attorney to Help Create My Will?
- Woburn Asset Protection Attorneys Explain How an Irrevocable Living Trust Can Help
- 5 Reasons You May Need a Trust Attorney
- Woburn Asset Protection Attorney Explains the In-Law Threat
- New Tax Law May Affect State Income Tax, Too!
- Sager Family Shows Perils of Blended Families
- Planning for Retirement Plans and IRAs: Beneficiary Designation
- Planning for Retirement Plans and IRAs: Asset Protection
- Basics of Estate Planning: IRAs
- Donor Advised Funds: IRS Issues New Ruling
- Basics of Estate Planning: Powers of Appointment – Part 2
- Woburn Trust Attorneys Explain the Grantor Retained Income Trust (GRIT)
- No Charitable Deduction in 2018?
- A Special Option for Special Kids
- Would You Prefer a Charitable Deduction This Year?
- New Year’s Greetings
- How Tax Reform Could Impact Various Families
- Tax Reform and the Estate Tax
- Basics of Estate Planning: Portability vs. Credit Shelter Trust
- Basics of Estate Planning: Portability
- Woburn Estate Planning Lawyers Explain Advanced Directives
- Londonderry Estate Planning Attorneys Explain How to Spot a Fraudulent Will
- Basics of Estate Planning: Advising Clients on Selecting Fiduciaries
- Basics of Estate Planning: Estate Planning for Major Life Events
- Basics of Estate Planning: Asset Protection
- Basics of Estate Planning: Two Common Mistakes with Trusts
- Basics of Estate Planning: Lack of Coordination
- Basics of Estate Planning: Choosing a Roth or Traditional IRA (or 401k)
- Law in the U.S. can be Participatory
- Basics of Estate Planning: Getting the Most out of Charitable Gifts
- Should I Split My Estate Equally Among My Children?
- How Can I Include Charitable Gifting in My Estate Plan?
- Londonderry Estate Planning Lawyers Remind You to Review Your Estate Plan
- Andover Estate Planning Attorneys –When Is a Simple Will Not Enough?
- Beverly Estate Planning Attorneys Suggest Things to Think about When Creating Your Estate Plan
- How Can Inheritance Planning Help My Loved Ones?
- Beverly Trust Attorneys Discuss Trust Benefits
- Who Should Be My Trustee?
- What Happens to My Assets If I Die Intestate in Massachusetts?
- The In-Law Problem — Keeping Assets in the Family
- What Are Dynasty Trusts?
- How Do I Protect My Minor Child in My Estate Plan?
- Basics of Estate Planning: Privacy and Estate Planning
- When Do I Need an Asset Protection Attorney?
- How an Irrevocable Trust Can Help with Asset Protection?
- What Can I Do to Avoid Paying Estate Taxes in Massachusetts?
- 5 Scenarios When You Need a Will and Estate Lawyer
- The Dangers of Using a DIY Will
- Is a Trustee Personally Liable for Mistakes Made during Trust Administration?
- Can a Beverly Trusts Attorney Be the Trustee of My Trust?
- Can a Beverly Estate Planning Attorney Help Me Protect My Pet in Case Something Happens to Me?
- Why You Should Appoint a Professional for Trust Administration
- Should I Create a Family Trust?
- When Should You Review Your Estate Plan?
- What Is Disability Planning?
- Can Revocable Trusts Provide Asset Protection?
- Choosing the Executor of a Will
- When Should You Start Estate Planning?
- Can a Special Needs Trust Help Protect My Child?
- Why the DIY Wills You Find Online Often Don’t Work As Intended
- What Is a Living Trust?
- Trust Administration – Duties and Responsibilities of a Trustee
- Estate Planning for the Unmarried
- Your First Estate Planning Consultation
- What is a Letter of Last Instructions?
- The 3 Elements that Define Estate Planning
- 3 More Estate Planning Truths
- Are the Kids Prepared for What Your Estate Planning Documents Reveal?
- Free Report: 20-Somethings Need Estate Planning, Too
- A Familiar Face Explains Importance of Life Insurance
- Free Report: 4 Reasons Why New Hampshire Estate Planning In Your 30s Is Important
- Same Sex Marriage and Estate Planning
- Ever-Increasing Need for Medical Powers of Attorney
- Estate Planning for the Introvert
- New Hampshire Estate Planning for the New Year
- Maryland Estate Tax Changes
- What is in the Will?
- Another HIPAA Delay Makes Medical Power of Attorney Crucial
- Why the Latest Estate Tax Political Move Doesn’t Matter
- CMS Announces Finalization of 2016 Medicare Payment and Policy Updates
- Dynasty Trusts
- The Revocable Trust Isn’t a Cure All (But it’s Close)
- Free Report: Divorce and Estate Planning in New Hampshire and Massachusetts
- Changes in Capital Gains Tax?
- The Transfer of Property After Death
- When the Lack of a Will Causes Family Meltdown
- Casey Kasem a Victim of Elder Abuse?
- The New Year and Charitable Remainder Trusts
- Free Report: Dynasty Trusts in Estate Planning
- 3 Costly Estate Planning Mistakes
- Inheritances and Estate Taxes in the Crosshairs
- The Role of Insurance in Estate Planning
- Retired Parents Sold my House
- Mistakes in Power of Attorney Designations
- Gifting Assets in Your Estate Plan
- Estate Planning Lessons: Celebrity Deaths 2014
- Estate Planning When You’re Single in New Hampshire
- Free Report: Can I See Your Will – What You Need To Know About Who Has Access to the Will
- Discussing End of Life Matters
- Yes, Pet Trusts are Important
- The “But” of a No Contest Clause
- Where is NH Digital Access and Digital Accounts Law?
- Options For Those Denied SSDI in New Hampshire
- Estate Planning Scams on the Rise
- Assisted Living in Beverly: What Every Family Needs to Know
- Intestacy in Nashua, New Hampshire
- Londonderry Estate Planning: Tables Turn – The Dreaded Talk, but Different Terms
- Nashua Estate Planning: 401(k) May Not be the Cure All
- What Donald Sterling’s Ordeal Can Teach Individuals About Estate Planning and the High Cost of Capital Gains Taxes
- New Hampshire Estate Planning: Separating Fact from Fiction
- What is a Durable Power of Attorney in Beverly?
- Pet Trusts in Beverly: A Must for Pet Owners
- Understanding Joint Tenancy with Right of Survivorship in Beverly
- Benefits of a Revocable Living Trust in Beverly
- Estate Planning in Beverly: The Rising Costs of Dementia
- Placing A Child’s Name on Titles to Assets
- HIPAA and Estate Planning
- Tax Planning and Other Benefits of Post-Mortem Planning in Massachusetts
- Advance Directives in Beverly Massachusetts: Health Care Proxies and Durable Power of Attorney
- In New Hampshire, Wills Should be Priority
- Estate Planning for NH Small Business Owners
- Estate Planning in New Hampshire
- Category: General
- Do I Have the Right to Contest a Will in Massachusetts?
- How to Contest a Will in New Hampshire
- Tips for Choosing a Nursing Home
- The Documents that Create Your Estate Plan
- Mediation in Elder Care
- Can the Medicare Part B Premium Hike be Halted?
- UPS Retirees Face Pension Cuts
- Maximum 401 (k) Contributions Won’t Increase in 2016
- The Changing Needs of Aging Parents
- Resolution in Massive Medicare Fraud
- Free Report: New Hampshire Advance Care Planning
- VA to Finally Pay Agent Orange Victims
- Was B.B. King Murdered?
- Living Wills and Advance Medical Directives
- The Fast Growing Telemedicine Field
- Estate Planning for the Non-Traditional Family
- Keystone XL Pipeline and the Effects on Seniors
- NH Elder Law Targets Deceitful Family Members
- 5 Ways to Use Special Needs Trusts
- Outrageous: When the Elderly Can’t Afford to Retire
- Plain English, Please: Estate Planning Legalese Explained
- Medicare Still Paying for Drugs for the Deceased
- Why a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care is a Must
- Medicare Paying for Drugs for Deceased
- The Medicaid 5 Year Look Back Period
- The Aging in Place Movement
- A Trust for Your Pet
- Taking Precedence: Your IRA Beneficiary or Your Will?
- Jump Start Your Estate Plan
- Estate Planning Mediation
- Estate Planning and Grandchildren
- Medicaid Planning After a Dementia Diagnosis
- Another Reason for Retirement Planning
- Why are Private Nursing Homes So Expensive?
- Contesting a Will in New Hampshire
- Understanding Accelerated Death Benefits
- Reverse Mortgages: Using Your Home to Stay at Home
- Costs of Private Nursing Homes Increasing
- New Hampshire Retirement Planning: The Impact of the Recent Supreme Court Ruling on Inherited Retirement Accounts
- Differences in Medicaid and Medicare
- Your Elderly Parent, Her Doctor and His Loyalty
- The Weather and the Elderly
- Medicaid’s Long Term Coverage
- Partisan Politics Jeopardize Medicare…Again
- Medical Power of Attorney and Durable Power of Attorney
- Why Probate Matters
- New Law Creates Personal Liability to Nursing Homes
- Living Trusts and Asset Protection
- Category: Incapacity Planning
- Category: IRA & Retirement Planning
- Should Your Retirement Plan Include an IRA?
- Is Using Your 401(k) to Buy Insurance Wise?
- Staggering Statistics on Retirement Savings
- Free Report: The Role of Legacy Planning
- 64 Year Old Newlyweds & Estate Planning
- IRA Beneficiary Trusts for Children
- Londonderry Retirement Planning: Yes, Women Do Have Different Concerns
- Category: legal education
- Category: Medicaid Planning
- Why Nursing Home Planning Is So Important
- 5 Reasons Why Medicaid Planning Should Be Part of Your Estate Plan
- Is It Too Late to Benefit from Nashua Medicaid Planning?
- What’s the Difference between Medicaid and Medicare?
- Andover Medicaid Attorneys Explain the Spousal Impoverishment Rules
- Why Nursing Home Planning Is Important
- How Can Medicaid Attorneys Help Me Protect My Assets?
- Are You Prepared for the High Cost of Nursing Home Care?
- The Medicaid Look-Back Period Explained
- What You Need to Know about New Hampshire Medicaid Eligibility as a Senior
- What You Need to Know about Medicaid in Massachusetts
- Is a Medicaid Trust Helpful for Asset Protection?
- Will Massachusetts Medicaid Pay My Nursing Home Expenses?
- Can a Medicaid Attorney Help Me Qualify for Benefits?
- Alzheimer’s Disease– the Cost to Caregivers
- How Medicaid Planning Can Save Your Nest Egg
- Why Would You Need a Medicaid Attorney?
- Why Would You Need a Medicaid Attorney?
- Category: Medical Power of Attorney
- Category: New Hampshire Digital Assets
- Category: New Hampshire va Burial Allowances
- Category: Probate
- Beverly Estate Planning Attorneys Explain Gift and Estate Taxes
- 5 Things You Need to Know about Probate and Property
- Andover Estate Planning Lawyers — Explain the Role of Executor
- Navigating Massachusetts Probate
- How Long Does Probate Take?
- What to Expect in the Massachusetts Probate Court
- Probate Estate Assets vs. Non-Probate Assets
- What Does the Executor of a Will Do?
- How Long Does the Beverly Probate Process Take?
- What Happens If a Will Contest Is Filed during the Probate Process in Massachusetts?
- Does New Hampshire Probate Law Offer an Alternative for Small Estates?
- How Long Is the Probate Process?
- Why Avoiding Probate Is Important
- Probate in Massachusetts: Drawbacks and Benefits
- Category: Retirement
- New Hampshire Ranked 7th Best State for Retirees
- New Hampshire Ranked #1 Retirement Spot
- Tips for Saving Money for Retirement
- How Much Do I Need to Retire?
- Retirement Guide 101
- What You Need to Know: Medicare Open Enrollment
- What is SKI?
- The New Hampshire and Massachusetts State of Retirement in 2015
- Category: Special Needs
- Special Needs Planning for Grandparents
- Can Special Needs Planning Protect My Child’s Inheritance?
- How a Special Needs Trust Can Protect Government Benefits
- Residents with Special Needs or Alzheimer ’s Disease Now Have New Police Program in New Hampshire
- Billions Gone: Medicare Advantage Plans Overcharges
- Your Social Security and COLA
- DOJ Ramps Up its Online Complaint Process for Disabled
- Long Term Care Truths
- The Long Term Care Crisis in Massachusetts
- Have the Dutch Figured Out Aging in Place?
- Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2013
- Free Report: The Needs of Families With Special Needs Children
- October is National Special Needs Law Month
- Category: Tax Laws
- Londonderry Asset Protection Attorneys Explain How Taxes Can Diminish Your Estate’s Value
- Federal Gift and Estate Tax — Portability Explained
- The Marital Deduction Explained
- Federal Gift and Estate Tax Explained
- Do I Need to Worry about State Estate Taxes?
- New Year, New Changes in Our New Hampshire Taxes
- Category: Uncategorized
- Can a Trust Attorney Be My Trustee?
- Seniors, Elderly Face Financial Hardships
- Controversial Right to Die Bill Becomes Law
- Our Family Pets and Pet Trusts
- Strategies for Alzheimer’s Patients and Their Families
- Fearing the Unknown: Social Security Myths
- Financial and Estate Planning Essentials
- What is a Qualified Family Owned Business Interest?
- Strict Rules in Estate Planning
- Understanding SSDI and SSI
- New Gov’t Website for Aging Americans
- Irrevocable Funeral Trusts
- Financial Abuse on the Rise Among the Elderly
- Medicaid’s Five Year Look Back Period
- What is Adult Daycare?
- 5 New Hampshire Estate Planing Must – Haves
Staff Profile
- Heather Melito-Dezan
- Daniel DeBruyckere
- Kelly Longtin
- Angela Delmonte
- Jade Torres
- Pennie Dragon
- Andrea Blake
- Karen DeBruyckere
- Ryan Oldeman
- Carly Day
- Brianna Fay
- Lynn Hamel
FAQ
- How will my income tax return get filed?
- What happens if my son needs his tuition paid while I’m disabled?
- What happens if my investments need to be changed quickly due to market conditions or to reflect new circumstances and risk tolerance?
- How will my bills get paid?
- If I have no chance of recovery, will I be kept on life support?
- Who will decide medical treatment issues?
- Who will decide where I live?
- What do I do about Social Security?
- How do I transfer the car(s) into my name?
- Can I pick and choose what assets go into the “B” trust?
- I thought that a living trust avoids probate and attorney fees. Why do I have to pay more fees?
- Does the Trust Administration process take a long time?
- What is Probate Court?
- Does the Probate process take a long time?
- What is Probate?
- Is a Living Trust a good idea for a LGBT person?
- Do unmarried couples have to plan more than married couples do?
- Are my estate planning documents a matter of public record?
- Is there a tax if I give some of my property to my spouse or partner?
- Will my spouse or partner be appointed guardian of my minor child?
- Can I make decisions about my spouse or partner’s remains?
- How can I be sure that I will be allowed to visit my spouse or partner in the hospital or assisted living facility?
- Can my spouse or partner make medical decisions for me if I’m sick?
- Can my spouse or partner handle my financial affairs if I am incapacitated?
- I am in an unmarried relationship, do I need to plan?
- I am married, why do I need to plan?
- Does same-sex marriage, domestic partnership, or civil union provide all the benefits of marriage?
- What steps can I take to preserve my legacy?
- Can any attorney create a Family Wealth Trust?
- Is a Family Wealth Trust only for the rich?
- If I have a “bare bones” living trust should I go back to the attorney who drafted the trust?
- How do I know if I have a “bare bones” living trust?
- Is the Family Wealth Trust some kind of loophole the government will eventually close down?
- Can I transfer real estate into a Family Wealth Trust?
- Will a Family Wealth Trust avoid income taxes?
- If I set up a Family Wealth Trust, can I be my own trustee?
- Why should I have a Family Wealth Trust?
- The possibility of a disabling injury or illness scares me. What would happen if I were mentally disabled and had no estate plan or just a Will?
- How does a Family Wealth Trust differ from a Revocable Living Trust?
- What’s the difference between having a Will and a Living Trust?
- What is a Family Wealth Trust?
- If I don’t create an estate plan, won’t the government provide one for me?
- What is the difference between “traditional” estate planning and Legacy Wealth Planning?
- Why do I need an estate plan?
- What is “traditional” estate planning?
- What is Legacy Wealth Planning?
- Must an estate tax return be filed if portability will be utilized?
- What is portability?
- What is a state estate or inheritance tax?
- What is the federal estate tax?
- Can any attorney create a Living Trust?
- Isn’t a Living Trust only for the rich?
- Is the Living Trust some kind of loophole the government will eventually close down?
- Can I transfer real estate into a Living Trust?
- Will a Living Trust avoid income taxes?
- If I set up a Living Trust, can I be my own trustee?
- The possibility of a disabling injury or illness scares me. What would happen if I were mentally disabled and had no estate plan or just a Will?
- What’s the difference between having a Will and a Living Trust?
- If I don’t create an estate plan, won’t the government provide one for me?
- Why do I need an estate plan?
