How can I do our taxes when wife is in a mental facility?

My wife and I started our taxes and then was admitted to a mental health facility. The facility won’t let her sign a power of attorney to finish. What can I do?

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How can I have my mothers finances look into?

How do I get to see my mother is Will

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If my son passes and he has no will. He has an adult child. Does he automatically get all of his possessions?

My son is divorced and have an adult child. He lived with his fiancee until his father became ill. He moved in with the parents to help care for his father, but helped maintain the fiancée’s home. His divorced wife and her daughter wants to take possession of everything he owns for the adult son.

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My mother has dementia I’m her caregiver, I would like to know what I can do to have the house in my name

Mom had Dementia and lives with me she received Medicare/Medicaid we rely on Medicaid for Adult Daycare. She has a house and I don’t want her to lose her house or services. I’m also her Representative Payee and Primary Caregiver. Please advise

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Brother is mentally ill. No ssi or anything. Mom’s plans are to give inheritance but not all at once. What are my options ?

Brother refuses help for mental illness. Is there option to distribute inheritance from mom per her wishes. Adamant that she doesn’t want him to live in her house and doesn’t want lump sum inheritance to go to him. States she wants some type of allowance set up to provide for him

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Will the state take my grandmothers mobile home?

My grandmother is in the nursing home & is receiving Medicaid & Medicare. My mother also pays $100 a month to the nursing home as that’s all she can afford. We have recently hit a hard time & my mother & grandmother both suggested that we move into her mobile home & fix it up, it has sat there for 2 years while she’s been in the nursing home & she will probably be remaining there. It is sitting on my dad’s land. Will the state take her home if my mom is making payments of if we are living there?

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If you have Power of Attorney over your parent do you need Guardianship?

My mom doctors are pursuing me to do Guardianship even though I have full Power of Attorney over my mom. We do not want to put her in a Nursing facility. The court appointed a legal aide attorney for my mom. My mom is in her late 5 th stage of dementia. I’ve been taking care of her for 4.5 years now. In beginning was ruff but I’ve been doing it by myself.

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What can I do if I am unable to properlycare for a very sick husband?

Husband is in hospital. Cannot walk and mentally unstable. No insurance and hospital says they can’t do anything else for him. I cannot physically get him to bathroom. He has been in hospitL bed for over a month. He cannot walk now. I am 67 and cannot physically pick him up. In the week he was home, he fell 4 times and had to get emt’s to put back in bed.

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Sucessor trustee lost license but did not notify beneficiaries?

A few months after the death of my uncle, his attorney, who is the successor trustee, lost his law license. He provided the beneficiaries a statement of the trusts ‘s accounts but with no backup documentation. He is charging the trust $150,000 in fees on a $940,000 trust. This seems exceptionally high plus the fact he never notified the beneficiaries that he had lost his license in Florida.

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A will and a quick claim deed for a house filled out to an heir would that quick claim be considered non testamentary instrument

Mother left a detailed will making my sister her personal representative with all power to sell her property, real and person. In her will mother left her house to my brother and also left a completely filled out quick claim deed to transfer property to him. He recorded the will, death certificate and quick claim deed with the county. There was a mistake on one letter in the description of the property (B instead of an 8) and now the county will not except it, will not allow sister to fix issue and will says must go thru probate. Would a quick claim deed be considered a non testamentary instrument and would not have to go to probate or sister could fix or transfer over property?

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Client Success Stories…

We were very happy with the information at the workshop on Estate Planning [LifePlan workshop]. Amanda was very helpful in explaining the options we could choose from to protect our assets from excessive taxes.

All questions were answered in depth and in a manner that was very understandable. I left feeling confident that we can contact them at any time for help navigating the system.

The staff are incredibly professional. My mother was treated with utmost respect. Her paperwork was organized and concise. I dealt with David and Jim and they spoke in terms my mother and I could understand.

I was totally lost when my husband’s dementia got bad. David and his group helped me feel in control again. They are there to help me whenever I need them. I should have done this sooner.

Perfect balance of pleasant and professional. Starting with workshops with targeted info, to chit chat with David (and all the staff we met) – great experience. Thank you!

My husband and I just returned from your workshop in Portage…We are so pleased we attended and came away with so much information and insight. The workshop was well organized, well presented and your staff was wonderful. Patrick made things fun, and as he promised, the time flew by. Thanks you again for 2 very well spent hours.

Donna & Stephanie are extremely professional, on top of everything, friendly and just a joy to work with. Very prompt on phone calls, emails, etc. I am very thankful for these two people!

We have been extremely pleased with the professional service of David and the staff. It has been a pleasure working with everyone to make sure our future is secure. David was also very helpful finding an out of state attorney to help our parent’s address their Elder law needs.

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