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Can You Borrow on a Life Estate?

One of the principal planning techniques to protect a home from the potential costs of long-term care is to put it into a life estate. Like anything else in the law, life estates have their benefits and consequences.

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Can Agent Under DPA Create a Trust?

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in Barbetti v. Stempniewicz rules that an agent under a durable power of attorney may not create a trust on behalf of a grantor if that power is not granted in the DPA document, but does not rule on whether such a trust may be created if the power is granted.

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Please Help Us Get More Seniors Access to Long Term Care In Their Homes

MassHealth has many programs available to help seniors stay at home with services and supports instead of being forced to move to a skilled nursing facility for support.  This is typically what our seniors prefer and bonus, it also costs the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a lot less money to pay for care at home than for care in a skilled nursing facility.

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