Marks Elder Law Blog
When should you start Medicaid planning?
Even if you are healthy and active right now, you may eventually lose some of your faculties because of illness, injury or old age. If so, you may choose to move into a nursing home to receive the care you need. Unfortunately, though, nursing homes can be almost...
Governor Allows Law Offices Partial Reopening for Urgent Business Not Conducive to Telework
While most attorneys and law offices have been working remotely and have been subject to the Pennsylvania Order that nonessential places of business be closed, attorney organizations have been working closely with state government all along to allow urgent legal...
Coronavirus Litigation Looms
The nursing home industry, concerned about liability to patients and families for actions and failures during the crisis, has been pushing for legal immunity from lawsuits during what they see as an unprecedented medical emergency and disaster. More than 1/5th of all...
Elder Law in the Age of Pandemic, and Coronavirus Relief Benefits
In this time of uncertainty and fear about the COVID 19 crisis, it’s more important than ever to take care of your personal and family estate and elder law planning needs. Especially now, to protect your family and your own...
ESTATE PLANNING AND ELDER LAW QUIZ. True or false:
1. I own everything jointly with my spouse, so we don't need wills. FALSE. Especially on the death the second spouse to pass away, when there’s no surviving spouse to inherit, a Will would be helpful or even necessary to direct your estate to those who should inherit....
What are the primary advantages of trusts?
When you want to create a secure legal arrangement for property during your lifetime or leave a legacy behind for your loved ones, you may choose to do so using any number of different methods. The manner in which you arrange your assets now or leave them behind later...
I have a solid estate plan in place. Why revise it?
Most Pennsylvanians agree that an estate plan is important, but not everyone has one in place. If you are a part of the proactive group who got this off your to-do list from early on, you may wonder, what is the point of changing it now? The truth is that you may not...
When Do I Need a Lawyer After Someone Has Died?
After a loved one has passed away, certain steps have to be taken for which a lawyer’s help is ordinarily needed. There are other practical actions and decisions that family members can usually undertake without the help of an attorney. Which steps require an...
GUARDIANS, GUARDIANSHIP and POWERS OF ATTORNEY
People often ask me about becoming a Guardian for family member, and about Guardianship in comparison to Power of Attorney. Becoming a Guardian means being officially appointed by the court following proceedings before a Judge. In asking to be appointed as a Guardian,...
Don’t Give All Your Money To The Nursing Home!
People think that if you’re headed toward expensive long-term care such as in a nursing home or assisted living, that there's nothing you can do to protect yourself financially, and you're just going to lose everything you ever worked and saved for. That's absolutely...
