Coastal Senior is a monthly periodical published in Savannah, Georgia and circulated throughout the Georgia and South Carolina low country. Bob Mason is its legal columnist. You may have heard … [Read more...]
What is a Special Needs Trust?
A Special Needs Trust, also referred to as a Supplemental Needs Trust, is a trust specially designed to hold assets on behalf of a disabled individual in a manner that will benefit the individual … [Read more...]
Common Elder Law Terms
Administrator. A court-appointed person who will manage your estate if you die without a will. Attorney-in-fact. An individual designated in a power of attorney to act as the agent of the person who … [Read more...]
Why You Should Consider Long Term Care Insurance
Medicare will only pay for up to 100 days of nursing care following a hospital stay, and there are serious limitations on those benefits. Further, Medicare will not pay for long-term care that … [Read more...]
Dying Without a Will – Intestacy
Many persons who have accumulated wealth during their lifetime die without a valid will. When this happens, the decedent's property passes by intestate succession to the decedent's heirs at law … [Read more...]