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What if Mom or Dad Refuses to Go To The Nursing Home? A Guardianship Might Be Necessary.

As a part of our Pennsylvania (PA) Estate Planning Package we will prepare both a general financial power of attorney (FPOA) and a medical power of attorney (MPOA) for a client to sign.  The two separate power of attorney documents are very important, but used for very […]

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MEDICAID INTENTIONALLY DEFECTIVE GRANTOR TRUST (MIDGT)

The Medicaid Intentionally Defective Grantor Trust (MIDGT) might give you the opportunity to have the proverbial cake and eat it too.  Our clients have long used the Medicaid Asset Protection Trust in various forms to shelter some or all of their assets from the ever rising cost […]

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MEDICAL POWER OF ATTORNEY IS MORE THAN AN ADVANCE DIRECTIVE

I meet with many clients in Pennsylvania (PA) who are under the mistaken belief that the Medical Power of Attorney document is synonymous with another document referred to as an Advanced Directive or Living Will. The Medical Power of Attorney is much more broad and inclusive than […]

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