When people in Pennsylvania talk about power of attorney, they're typically talking about older adults. However, you don't have to be elderly to have a medical emergency. If you're a parent, you want to stay updated when your child has a medical condition, but when...
Estate Planning
Establishing a trust for a special needs child
When you are a parent of a special needs child, you want to care for them in the best way possible. As part of that, you need to think about the long-term, especially how to provide for your child when you pass away. Most likely, you want to ensure your child...
Planning ahead for your healthcare
While working through estate planning, we often consider what will happen to our estates and our assets, who will get the house and your grandmother’s jewelry. However, another significant portion of estate planning concerns your own healthcare. Healthcare becomes...
Tips on Creating an Estate Plan that Benefits a Child with Special Needs
Parents want their children to be taken care of after they die. But children with disabilities have increased financial and care needs, so ensuring their long-term welfare can be tricky. Proper planning by parents is necessary to benefit the child with a disability,...
Can an Adult Child be Liable for a Parent’s Nursing Home Bill?
Although a nursing home cannot require a child to be personally liable for their parent's nursing home bill, there are circumstances in which children can end up having to pay. This is a major reason why it is important to read any admission agreements carefully...
Guns and Dementia: Dealing With A Loved One’s Firearms
Having a loved one with dementia can be scary, but if you add in a firearm, it can also get dangerous. To prevent harm to both the individual with dementia and others, it is important to plan ahead for how to deal with any weapons. Research shows that 45 percent of...
What’s Wrong with Mom?
This short fiction explores a common situation many Central Pennsylvania families face. If you’re in need of elder care assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact the Certified Elder Law Attorneys at Kreisher Marshall & Associates, LLC. A friend recently went...
Do You Have a Digital Estate Plan?
The following short fiction explores a situation that more Pennsylvania families will be facing as the online world expands. If you have questions, please speak to our certified elder law attorneys. Jim, a high-school principal, died unexpectedly in March of this...
A Tax Break From Big Bird
Today’s legal advice is brought to you by the letter “R,” as in REDUCE your income tax by setting up a charitable trust. What is a charitable trust, you may ask, and what does it have to do with Big Bird? Simply put, a charitable trust is a tax-exempt, irrevocable...
Group Life Insurance Through Work? What You Need To Know, Part 2
Last week, we met Charles, a fictional insurance company employee who has a group life policy that, unfortunately, won’t be giving his family the coverage they need. Here’s why. While getting life insurance through your employer is convenient, cost-effective, and has...