Archive for the Gifting Category

Is Transferring Assets to Qualify for Medicaid Against the Law?

Is Transferring Assets to Qualify for Medicaid Against the Law? You may have heard that transferring assets, or helping someone to transfer assets, to achieve Medicaid eligibility is a crime. Is this true? The short answer is, no.  For a brief period it was, and it’s possible, […]

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WHAT is a will and WHY should I have one?

What is a will and why should I have one? A will is a legally executed document which explains how, when and to whom a person would like his or her property to be distributed after death. Under Pennsylvania law, an individual may prepare a will in […]

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Crisis Medicaid Planning Upheld in Zahner Case

Protecting assets from the rising cost of long term nursing care has become a very important concern for aging Pennsylvania residents.  Immediate annuities are among the tools the elder law attorneys at Unruh, Turner, Burke & Frees use to help both single and married nursing home residents […]

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