Long-Term Care Partnership Policies

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Long-Term Care Partnership Policies One example of good planning is purchasing long-term care insurance. The greatest risk to non-taxable estates…

Superior Court Review of Georgia ALJ Decision

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In ____ v. Brock, Judge Schwall, Fulton County Superior Court), affirmed an administrative law judge's Final Decision as supported by…

Elder Law Attorney disbarred

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On May 14, 2024, the Georgia Supreme Court entered an Order in The Matter of James W. Davis, III, disbarring…

Transfer-on-Death Deeds in Georgia

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During the 2024 legislative session, HB 1247 morphed into SB 420, which passed both houses and was signed by the…

Modifying a trust can be a taxable event

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On November 28, 2023, the IRS Office of Chief Counsel published a memorandum addressing whether modification of an irrevocable grantor…

Home purchased after nursing home admission was not an exempt homeplace

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In a Texas case decided on May 3, 2024, the Texas Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals and trial…

Preliminary injunction granted barring state from terminating QI Medicaid

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In Parker v. Louisiana Department of Health (April 30, 2024), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana…

Promise of life estate, based on oral promise, could be enforced

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In Farmer v. Farmer (decided March 15, 2024), the Georgia Court of Appeals reversed the trial court's grant of summary…

SSI Decisions finding no penalty where beneficiary over 65 funds a pooled trust sub-account

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The federal Medicaid statute authorizes the use of individual self-settled special needs trusts for individuals under the age of 65.…

Example of Georgia Medicaid Lien Inquiry

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If someone is receiving Medicaid and was injured through the negligence of others, Medicaid asserts a third-party claim against any…