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News Roundup – 4-22-2022

Apr 22nd, 2022

We regularly post links to news articles and other resources that might be of interest to our viewers. We focus on general news, health and healthcare news, special needs news, events, government sources, financial and retirement news and legal news. Only headlines are listed so you can use this page like a newspaper, reading only […]

No constitutional right to assisted suicide

David McGuffey

Apr 19th, 2022

Georgia State Medicaid Plan - Rules of Evidence - Scholarly Articles

In Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702 (1997), the U.S. Supreme Court held that Washington’s prohibition against causing or aiding a suicide does not violate the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In Glucksberg, the Court found assisting with a suicide had always been a crime in Washington State and that it remainde a […]

News Roundup – 4/15/2022

David McGuffey

Apr 15th, 2022

New Georgia Laws from 2022 Legislative Session

David McGuffey

Apr 13th, 2022

The following bills are among those that passed both houses of the Georgia legislature during the 2022 legislative session. Assuming they are signed by the governor, they will either be effective on the date signed or on July 1, 2022, depending on the text of each bill. SB 539 makes it unlawful under O.C.G.A. § […]

Deed found to be valid despite allegations of undue influence

David McGuffey

Apr 12th, 2022

In Estate of Bane (Tenn. Ct. App. 3/23/2022), Martha Bane gave her son, John Bane, a power of attorney with “full power and authority to do and perform all acts and things whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done . . . as I might or could do if acting personally.” She also executed a […]

News Roundup – 4/8/2022

David McGuffey

Apr 8th, 2022

News Roundup – 4/1/2022

David McGuffey

Apr 1st, 2022

Bank records discoverable in Power of Attorney Dispute

David McGuffey

Mar 29th, 2022

In Bethune v. Bethune (Georgia Court of Appeals A21A1659, March 11, 2022), Donald Bethune was acting as agent for his 89-year-old mother under a power of attorney executed on November 14, 2019. Richard Bethune, Donald’s brother, filed an action seeking relief under the Georgia Power of Attorney Act, O.C.G.A. § 10-6B-1 et seq. On appeal, […]

News Roundup – 3/25/2022

David McGuffey

Mar 25th, 2022

March is Developmental Disability Awareness Month. March is also National Kidney Month. We regularly post links to news articles and other resources that might be of interest to our viewers. We focus on general news, health and healthcare news, special needs news, events, government sources, financial and retirement news and legal news. Only headlines are […]

Form: Simple Last Will and Testament

David McGuffey

Mar 11th, 2022

Although we do NOT recommend that you prepare your own Will, an example of a form published by the Southern Judicial Circuit is below: Abraham Lincoln is one of the individuals credited for the saying “A Man Who Is His Own Lawyer Has a Fool for a Client.” USE THIS FORM AT YOUR OWN RISK. See our […]

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No constitutional right to assisted suicide

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