The Following limits for Medicaid eligibility for Medicaid for Florida as of 1/1/2024 have been adjusted again. There were changed in the income criteria, maximum amount of assets, and maximum ...
Florida Estate planning and Florida elder law planning are two distinct areas of law that often overlap, as they both involve preparing for the future and ensuring the well-being of individuals a...
Addiction is a serious illness that effects millions of families. Over 7,000 people died from overdose in Florida in 2020, the second most of any state (Statistics from Riverside Recovery, Tampa)...
https://www.floridaestateplanninglawyerblog.com/estate-planning-for-families-facing-addiction/
A Florida DNR is a document you will not complete with your Jacksonville Estate Planning Lawyer. Many feel that estate planning is a great area of law because it allows people to plan ahead for h...
https://www.floridaestateplanninglawyerblog.com/importance-florida-dnr-not-resuscitate-order/
In Florida, Medicaid is a federal and state level program that offers health care assistance to members of the program. Medicaid is a complicated program that is administered differently on a s...
https://www.floridaestateplanninglawyerblog.com/5-common-medicaid-myths/
Several reverse mortgage companies were fined a collective amount of $790,000 for using deceptive advertising that claimed consumers could never lose their homes through a reverse mortgage. The r...
https://www.floridaestateplanninglawyerblog.com/reverse-mortgage-firms-fined-deceptive-ads/
The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 is still going strong, and there are some changes to the tax code in store for this New Year. For those who are not familiar with the law, this act made...
https://www.floridaestateplanninglawyerblog.com/estate-gift-tax-updates-2017/
As a Jacksonville elder law attorney we often run across phone scams that target the elderly. Besides the typical IRS and credit card scams the Department of Elder Affairs is warning Florida re...
https://www.floridaestateplanninglawyerblog.com/florida-department-elder-affairs-phone-scam/
Most financial planners are unfamiliar with some of the modern twists available with irrevocable trusts. They tend to be familiar with the older style of irrevocable trust that can pose several...
Estate planning often focuses on married couples, but estate planning for a single person is equally as important. A single person often owns assets in their name individually, which means these ...
https://www.floridaestateplanninglawyerblog.com/estate-plans-for-a-single-person/