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Sep 23, 2016
By estate planning attorney Rick Law. Rick is founder of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law in West Suburban Aurora, IL. LEL is a multi-generation law firm. A Love and Protection Trust can be used to help safely provide for: A loved one with a drug or gambling addiction A child with a […]
Sep 14, 2016
By estate planning attorney Rick Law. Rick is founder of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law in West Suburban Aurora, IL. LEL is a multi-generation law firm. Any of a number of institutions could make sure your special needs child has a bed, basic care, and three square meals a day. But that’s […]
Sep 10, 2016
by estate planning attorney Rick Law. Rick is founder of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law in West Suburban Aurora, IL. LEL is a multi-generation law firm. In our last installment, we talked about what to do when someone recommends disinheriting your beloved child with a disability. At Law Elder Law, we do […]
Sep 01, 2016
By estate planning attorney Rick Law. Rick is founder of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law in West Suburban Aurora, IL. LEL is a multi-generation law firm. If you have a special needs son or daughter in your life, you’ve inevitably considered what would become of him or her if you were no […]
Aug 29, 2016
By estate planning attorney Rick Law. Rick is founder of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law in West Suburban Aurora, IL. LEL is a multi-generation law firm. What will happen to your disabled loved one when you’re gone? As an elder law attorney, I often have to assist parents who have lived to […]
Aug 26, 2016
By estate planning attorney Rick Law. Rick is founder of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law in West Suburban Aurora, IL. LEL is a multi-generation law firm. In my office, it’s not uncommon to sit across the table from an aged parent who is still the primary caregiver for a child who is […]
Jun 07, 2015
By Elder Law attorney Rick Law, Senior Advocate and Managing Partner at the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law in Western Chicagoland. The reasoning behind a testamentary special-needs trust seems to be that it was apparent to the federal government that nobody is going to be transferring assets to a spouse to avoid Medicaid […]
Jun 04, 2015
By Estate Planner Rick Law of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law in Aurora, Illinois, in Western Chicagoland. One of the main goals in having a special-needs trust drawn up when dealing with Alzheimer’s is to make sure that your spouse is taken care of. One way to protect the spouse is to draft […]
May 27, 2015
By Estate Planning and Elder Law Attorney Rick Law of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law. Focusing on wills, trusts, medicaid crisis planning, guardianship, probate, and much more in the western Chicago suburb of Aurora, IL A properly drafted supplemental-needs trust that is funded appropriately is going to wind up in one of […]
Nov 15, 2014
By Rick Law. Estate Planning Attorney and Senior Advocate at the Estate Planning Center of Law Elder Law just outside Chicago, Illinois. There may come a time when your loved one can no longer properly handle their personal and/or financial affairs. Nonetheless, they can be extraordinarily angry and combative when honest, reliable, and loving family members try to intercede […]
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