Sometimes there will be friction between adult children or step parents and an aged child which will preclude access to an adult child’s parent, especially if that adult parent is in a weakened condition mentally or physically. I had a friend call me recently where the octogenarian “wicked step mother” was limiting this middle aged... [Read More]
Category: Health Care
Taxes Increased Under Obamacare for Investors
Forgotten in the most of the political back and forth over Obamacare, President Obama’s health care law that was passed during his first two years in office while his party held both the White House and both Houses of Congress, was that there is a tax inside that bill. Most of the news has been... [Read More]
Ready or Not, Here It Comes
Studies show that 75% of us do not even have a current Will, let alone the needed legal planning in the event we become sick and our loved ones are unable to authorize medical treatment for us. Nor do we have the proper legal planning in place for loved ones and friends to ask medical... [Read More]
Your Living Trust and Dementia or Alzheimer’s
You can plan within your Living Trust to remain in control in the event you become mentally incapacitated by dementia or Alzheimer’s. You can plan for Mental Disability in the form of having a panel which would consist of a physician and family members or friends to decide if they need to turn on the... [Read More]
What Is A Living Will?
A Living Will is a legal document that normally states that if you are terminal and incurable and death is imminent, or if you are in a permanently vegetative state and not coming back, the medical providers may remove you from a ventilator, if you are on one. It may also authorize the removal of... [Read More]
Will Your Health Care Power of Attorney/Proxy Work Out of State?
Most Health Care Powers of Attorney (also know as Health Care Proxies in some states) are designed to work within the state in which the lawyer drafted them. Many times they contain written references to state specific statutes, such as here in North Carolina. Unfortunately, they may not work in another state when you cross... [Read More]