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Posts from the ‘Alerts for Clients’ Category

0May 12, 2023Terminally Ill Persons Can Now Travel to Vermont to Take Advantage of Its Medical Aid In Dying Law

0March 13, 2023In Dermody v. Executive Office of Health and Human Services, the Supreme Judicial Court Rules that the Annuities of Community Spouses Must Name the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as Beneficiary

0July 26, 2022Minimum Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance for Nursing Home Resident’s Spouse Increased to $2,288.75 during 7/1/2022-6/30/2023

0July 27, 2021In Fournier v. Secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, the Supreme Judicial Court Has Eliminated Most of the MassHealth Agency’s Convoluted Arguments Against Irrevocable Trusts

0January 28, 2019Does the Lifetime Lien Placed on Real Estate by the MassHealth Agency Terminate Upon the MassHealth Recipient’s Death?

4September 27, 2017In the 2017 Case of Daley v. Secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Rules That a Home May Be Effectively Deeded to an Irrevocable Trust under Federal Medicaid Law

1May 1, 2017Reservation of Special Power of Appointment in Deed Is Approved by Massachusetts Appeals Court in 2017 Case of Skye v. Hession

1January 4, 2016Can Saving One Penny Cost Your Estate $33,200 in Massachusetts Estate Taxes?

1October 27, 2015What Are the 2016 Federal and Massachusetts Estate and Gift Tax Filing Figures?

2May 18, 2014Almost All Irrevocable Trusts Are Now Under Wrongful Attack During the MassHealth Application Process

0May 16, 201432 Things You Should Know When Applying for MassHealth to Cover Nursing Home Care in Massachusetts

1March 5, 2014When Can Spouses Make Gifts to Each Other in 2014 without Causing a MassHealth or Federal Gift Tax Problem?

0July 1, 2013Minimum Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance for Nursing Home Resident’s Spouse Increased to $1,939 during 7/1/2013-6/30/2014

2February 20, 2013Should You Ever Buy an Immediate Annuity at a Bank?

1February 1, 2013Should You Buy a Deferred Annuity at a Bank?

0January 9, 2013Is It a Good Idea for an Elderly Person to Purchase a Deferred Annuity?

2April 16, 2012Should a MassHealth Applicant Accept Help from the Nursing Home’s Lawyer to Appeal a MassHealth Denial?

2March 20, 2012Should You Place Restrictions on the Organ Donation Process (in Case Pain Can Still Be Felt)?

1February 22, 2012Supreme Judicial Court Rules That Trusts Were Ineligible for Homestead Protection Under Pre-March 25, 2011 Massachusetts Law

1February 17, 2012Pre-eligibility Medical Expenses Can Be Paid from MassHealth Recipient’s Income