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Life Estates
Men's health awareness illustration featuring father and son.
18
Jun

Celebrate Father’s Day and Men’s Health Month

June 18, 2024
As we celebrate Father’s Day and Men’s Health Month, let us take the time to...
05
Jun

Medicaid Applicant’s Right to Use House Placed in Trust Does Not Render Trust Assets Available, Massachusetts High Court Rules

June 5, 2017
Reversing a lower court, Massachusetts’ highest court ruled that two Medicaid applicants’ trusts were not available...
24
Nov

Attorney Who Provided Flawed Medicaid Planning Advice by Counseling Against Life Estate Liable For Legal Malpractice

November 24, 2015
Marie Brissette and her husband consulted attorney Edward Ryan for advice about how to protect...
14
Aug

Penalty Imposed For Medicaid Applicant’s Transfer of Assets To Disabled Veteran

August 14, 2015
Federal court rules that federal law does not require a State to disregard a transfer...
27
Nov

New Law Substantially Extends Reach Of New York State’s Medicaid Estate Recovery Law

November 27, 2011
Earlier this year the New York State Legislature, prompted by the Governor’s Medicaid Redesign Team,...
19
Oct

New Jersey Federal Court Rules Life Estate Purchase May Be Uncompensated Transfer, Subjecting Medicaid Applicant to Gift Penalty

October 19, 2011
Federal district court in New Jersey denied a Medicaid applicant’s request for an injunction directing...
07
Sep

Medicaid Applicant Who Transferred Money To Daughter Months Before Receiving Life Estate In Daughter’s Home Made A Gift And Is Ineligible for Medicaid

September 7, 2011
A New Jersey appeals court held that a Medicaid applicant who transferred money to her...

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