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Our attorneys, paralegals, and staff are committed to providing the highest caliber of client-specific legal solutions, including strategies designed to protect certain beneficiaries, minimize or eliminate taxes, preserve family businesses and leverage charitbale gifts.
The Firm is unique in that our dedicated focus on matters involving estates and trusts supports our related litigation practice. We likewise limit our litigation matters to issues like will contests, removal of executors and trustees, and representation of clients in all manner of tax controversies.
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Featured Posts
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Results of Home Health Agency Patient Surveys Available to Medicare Recipients
Read more...Many seniors who require long-term care would rather remain at home than move to an assisted living or nursing facility; however, the selection of which company to hire for in-home assistance can be a difficult decision for family members to make. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) have prepared a national survey requesting that patients describe their experiences with certain Medicare-certified home health agencies, and these results are now available on the agency’s Quality Care Finder website.
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Medicaid Penalty Period Applies to Assets Transferred as Part of Court-Approved Estate Plan
Read more...An appeals court in Massachusetts ruled that (1) a Medicaid applicant was subject to a penalty period for assets that were transferred to a trust as part of a court-approved estate plan, and (2) the penalty period would not begin until after she had spent down her excess assets.
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Medicaid Recipient Entitled to Challenge Automatic Claim by State for Share of Settlement
Read more...The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that when a personal injury settlement does not include an allocation of past medical expenses, a Medicaid recipient is entitled to an adversarial proceeding to challenge the state's automatic claim for receipt of one-third of the settlement.