35 Years of Elder Law (and Estate Planning)

It’s very hard to believe, but it’s been 35 years since I hung up a shingle to practice elder law on June 1, 1987. At the time, few people had heard of “elder law” and I wanted to brand the field and the new firm, so I called it ElderLaw Services.

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Webinar Recording – Addressing Dementia

Jennifer Pilcher Ph.D, head of Clear Guidance Consulting and Care Management. This program will help you learn how to help your clients and their families detect, evaluate, and approach suspected cognitive impairment.

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How Can Tangibles be Fairly Divided?

An article I recently wrote for Next Avenue, the public television website for Baby Boomers, explains how the family of a college friend divided 100s of items from their parents’ estates among the four siblings. The article, “A Clever Way to Divvy Up Items After a Parent’s Death,” describes the

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Should Your Will and Trust have an In Terrorem Clause?

You may have seen provisions in wills and trusts that bar challenges to their validity with a severe penalty: that the heir will receive nothing from the estate. These are known as no contest or in terrorem clauses with the idea being to strike terror into anyone who may challenge the document.

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