Oct 14, 2019
With careful Medicaid planning, you may be able to preserve some of your estate for your children or other heirs while meeting Medicaid’s low asset limit. The problem with transferring assets is that you have given them away. You no longer control them, and even...
Jul 29, 2019
Federal law requires that beginning on April 1 of the year after you reach age 70 1/2, you must begin withdrawing a minimum amount from your non-Roth Individual Retirement Account (IRA) or 401(k) accounts. These withdrawals are called required minimum distributions...
Feb 26, 2019
We’ve all heard the advice “It pays to shop around,” but this has never been more true than with the current market for long-term care insurance. According to the latest industry figures, the spread between the lowest and highest cost for virtually identical coverage...
May 15, 2018
A new federal law is designed to address the growing problem of elder abuse. The law supports efforts to better understand, prevent, and combat both financial and physical elder abuse. The prevalence of elder abuse is hard to calculate because it is underreported, but...
Mar 1, 2018
If your child has reached the teenage years, you may already feel as though you are losing control of her life. This is legally true once your child turns 18 because then the state considers your child to be an adult with the legal right to govern his or her own life....
Dec 2, 2016
Our new annual newsletter — Hot off the presses! Clients and associates on our mailing list will receive a printed copy of Browning & Meyer’s 2016 Annual Newsletter in the mail at your home of office. This year’s annual newsletter, the 21st for...