Law NewsPractical stuff in estate planning, elder law and real estate(Untitled)- July 31, 2003 Assuring that Boomers Inherit Houses or Care for the Poor An interesting editorial in the Seattle Times talks about the common practice of a client putting money into his or her home for improvements(the home and all improvements are exempt and need not be sold to pay for the owner's long term care in Washington state) and asks whether it is good public policy or not to let people keep their homes while getting medicaid Read the article by clicking here My personal opinion is that a person's...http://radio.weblogs.com/0127553/2003/07/31.html#a8 (Untitled)- July 24, 2003 Mold is in the Air Mold cases are increasing. More and more, home inspectors find mold in attics during the inspection. In the last month, I have had two mold cases: In the first case, the Buyer backed out of the contract. A few days later the Buyer reconsidered and signed a new contract, for $5,000 less than the last one, but accepting the property "as is." In the second case, a mold remediator was called in, the seller cleaned up the mold for about $2500 and the Buyer...http://radio.weblogs.com/0127553/2003/07/24.html#a7 (Untitled)- July 16, 2003 One of the Best Elder Law Sites on the Internet In my opinion www.elderlawanswers.com is one of the best elder law site on the internet. It has general information on estate planning, medicaid planning, and an interactive section in which an elder law attorney answers questions for the public. There is a simple, but very useful, Half-a-loaf calculator that I use frequently. (Half-a-loaf is a medicaid gifting strategy in which a person, usually already in a nursing home, gifts some of..http://radio.weblogs.com/0127553/2003/07/15.html#a6 |