Elder Law

The estate planning and elder law fields need specific planning options geared at not just the legal documents but the aging and health care network that exists. Gone are the days when people seek out a “general practitioner.”  Today,…

As an estate planning attorney, your primary goal is to help clients’ wishes be fulfilled should they lose capacity and then preserve their legacy after they pass away. However, an essential, yet often overlooked, aspect of this protection…

In this presentation, we will discuss how to draft what are sometimes referred to as “Medicaid Asset Protection Trusts,” or “MAPTs.”  In InterActive Legal’s Elder Law and Special Needs Planning system, the trusts we refer to as the  “Income…

Back in the spring of 2022, in a rare show of bipartisan action, the House and Senate passed a law intended to give Americans an incentive to save for retirement. The bill received over 400 votes in the House and over 80 in the Senate. The…

InterActive Legal is proud to bring together an expert panel, featuring NAELA member and founder of Elder Law College, Scott Solkoff, ACTEC fellow and recognized estate planning expert, Jonathan Blattmachr, and ACTEC Fellow and NAELA…

We are in the throes of the Coronavirus pandemic, and even though states are loosening stay-at-home restrictions, the impact on estate planning professionals, as well as their families, finances, and our country, will continue for some…

Two major pressures are moving the practices of Estate Planning and Elder Law together. The dominant pressure is one of demand. The second pressure is the continuing erosion of value proposition.

Due to established long-term client relationships some attorneys also see things reaching a boiling point. Estate planning and elder law firms are feeling the effects of the aging population and are increasingly being asked to act as…

The case is about to settle, or the verdict is in, and now the client wants to know how will it affect his or her benefits. First, you will likely have to help the personal injury (PI) attorney assess the type or types of benefits the…

Some attorneys feel that Elder Law and Estate Planning are distinct disciplines, and that a focus on one or the other for each individual client is critical. Others are of the opinion that Elder Law is really just good Estate Planning.…