By: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho When you set up an estate plan, you sign a Last Will and Testament as one of many documents. It takes work to meet with an attorney, make decisions and finally sign all of the papers. You can also make a wish. …
DetailsBy: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho Are you concerned for a friend, neighbor or family member that may need some extra help to continue to live safely at home? You may have noticed one or more of the following: They have bruises on their arms and are unstable…
DetailsBy: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho Do you have one child you can always rely upon and the rest never follow through? Do you have one child who needs more financial and emotional help that you end up providing, perhaps not telling your other children? Families and the…
DetailsBy: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho The U.S. Supreme Court decided on June 12, 2014 in Clark, et ux. v. Rameker, Trustee, et al., that an inherited Individual Retirement Account (IRA) does not share the same characteristics as a traditional IRA and, in a bankruptcy, is not a…
DetailsBy: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho I inherited the oldest item I own, an Egyptian scarab. It came with a story from my Cousin Kathie who died at age 99. A British soldier was in Egypt helping the English government empty (loot) the pyramid tomb. He was told…
DetailsBy: Susan M. Graham, Certified Elder Law Attorney, Senior Edge Legal, Boise, Idaho The latest government report on Medicaid applicants highlighted the four most common methods used to reduce countable assets to qualify for Medicaid in a nursing home. The Government Accountability Office issued a report on June 23, 2014, in which about 300 applications…
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