The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that a Medicaid applicant who purchases a home or an interest in a home after admission into a skilled nursing facility is not excluded as a resource for Medicaid eligibility. On the other hand, the Court suggests if the...
Identity theft is real. The brazen attempt of foreign fraudsters to foreclose on Graceland, the former home of the late iconic singer, Elvis Presley, illustrates the need to be vigilant in the protection of your assets – and so should the representatives of your estate...
Researchers have found that people with 2 copies of the APOE4 gene is more than a risk factor – it is now considered an underlying cause of Alzheimer’s Disease. Prior to the research’s finding published in May, scientists knew the gene APOE4 increased risk. Although...
As an incentive for Texans to get long-term care insurance (so the state through Medicaid would not have to pay as much for long-term care), Texas has a Long-Term Care Partnership Program (LTCP) which is a public-private partnership between state agencies (Texas Department of Health...
The children of Michael Jackson (Paris, Prince and Bigi) are no longer talking with their grandmother, Katherine Jackson, as a result of her request for Jackson’s estate to pay her legal fees of over $500,000 when she unsuccessfully challenged the sale of the rights to...
If you don’t have a will or beneficiary designation of assets, inheritance is determined by state law which is called intestate succession. If the deceased was married at the time of death but has no will, then a surviving spouse will have some inheritance rights...
Adult child of a nursing home resident seeks planning to obtain governmental assistance for costly care. The facility advises the adult child, “Don’t worry, we pay a company that you have to use, that will plan for you and apply for your mom – you...
Carmen Thomas, 26, who found out through a DNA sample sent to 23andMe that she was the daughter of Joseph Brown, has sued Brown’s estate for failing to include her as a part of the wrongful death settlement with a hospital and 2 doctors. The...
A Texas Court of Appeals decision last year illustrates the importance of how a joint ladybird deed is drafted as to ownership of property after one owner dies. A ladybird deed is also known as an enhanced life estate which reserves a life estate with full...
Although O.J. Simpson was acquitted in what may have been the murder trial of the century in connection with the death of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman, a California civil jury determined he was liable for $33.5 million dollars (which...
