It is not unusual that grandparents want to help pay for a grandchild’s wedding, college or private school education, camp, car or other items which they feel may help a grandchild. However, the following matters should be considered before a grandparent makes a gift to...
It is not unusual for parents and grandparents (as well as others) to want to help plan for payment of school and other expenses of a beneficiary who is a minor. A UTMA (Uniform Transfers to Minors Act) account is a custodial account usually established...
Long-term care Medicaid helps pay for long-term care costs if certain eligibility requirements such as medical necessity, Medicaid bed availability, “countable” resources being below a $2,000 limit, restrictions on most uncompensated transfers if made within five years of application, etc., are met. In this case the...
