Archive for the Asset Protection Category

Parents With A Disabled Child: Additional Elder Law Planning Option

Gifts to Trust For Disabled Beneficiary. By: Douglas L. Kaune, Esq. As we have outlined on this site and on the Unruh, Turner, Burke & Frees, P.C. Trusts & Estates Blog, a gift of assets will cause an ineligibility period for Medicaid application.  This makes gifting on […]

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First Line of Defense: Long Term Care Insurance

Long Term Care Insurance can save your estate. By: Douglas L. Kaune, Esquire dkaune@utbf.com 610 933 8069 I meet with clients in my elder law practice at every level of the Medicaid and Nursing Home asset protection process. I am able to see the relief that husbands, […]

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Medicaid Grantor Trust: Preserving The Primary Residence Exemption

Many clients choose to transfer their home into a Medicaid Asset Protection Trust to gain protection from nursing home care spending.  What clients often do not realize is that there is significant tax planning that accompanies the Elder Law planning.  The proper Elder Law plan will consider […]

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