When a child is helping an elderly parent with the potential needs of long-term care, it may be critical to get some planning done as soon as possible. This is important in the event of an untimely deterioration in the parent's health, which may make discussions and...
Living trusts can be an essential aspect of a person's estate plan. Estate planning in Texas and everywhere else utilizes a will to dispose of any assets owned at the date of death by the testator, who is the person who made the will. Estate planning uses living...
According to one specialist on the subject, long-term care in this country has become convoluted and in need of a legal overhaul. Because of the levels of uncertainty built into the system, elder law planning in Texas and elsewhere must take place as early as...
Estate planning with respect to federal estate taxes is fairly easy for most people: the person's estate at death has to be larger than $5.43 million in gross value to be subject to federal tax. Some states, however, collect an inheritance or other type of death tax....
