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Answers to the most commonly asked questions about The Elrod Firm
Asset Protection
What Can Medicaid Take?
Justin, my second husband has dementia and will need a nursing home soon. When my first husband died, I inherited around $135,000 from him, which ...
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Estate Planning
How Should I Leave Money To My Siblings?
Justin, my husband and I are both in our seventies, and we’re finally ready to set up our estate plan, but we don’t have any ...
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Estate Planning
Do we need a new plan after a move to Arkansas?
Justin, my husband and I just moved to Arkansas from Maine. We had wills and power of attorney documents prepared several years ago while we ...
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Probate
Is This Will Any Good?
Justin, my mother died last month. She had a will leaving everything to me, her only son. I’m also her executor. When I went to ...
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Asset Protection
How Can I Protect My Grandson With Special Needs?
Justin, I have a grandson with special needs, and I’d like to provide for him after I die without hurting his ability to receive government ...
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Long-Term Care Planning
How Can We Afford To Get Dad The Help He Needs?
Justin, How can we pay for Dad’s nursing home without leaving my mom in poverty? We are desperate. Dad’s Alzheimer’s has been progressing quickly in ...
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Veterans Benefits
Can V.A. Benefits Work With a Child Caregiver?
Justin, Earlier this year my father, who was a Korean War veteran and my mother’s caregiver, passed away. Afterward, my mom told us children that ...
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Asset Protection
Do I Need Guardianship Over My Own Children?
Justin, My father named my minor children as beneficiaries on CDs he owned. My father has recently passed; I’m being told that I cannot get ...
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Estate Planning
Should My Mom Add Me To Her Accounts?
Justin, I am listed as Payable on Death (or P.O.D.) on my mother’s bank account. However, the bank told me that this does not give ...
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Long-Term Care Planning
What Can We Do About This Medicaid Denial?
Justin, My mother just received a Medicaid denial letter in the mail, and we desperately need some help. She worked with my father’s nursing home ...
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