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Welcome to the blog of R. F. Meyer & Associates, where we share company news and informative articles related to our Elder Law, Probate and Estate Planning legal practice.
How Will the New Tax Law Affect You?
While most of the new tax law has to do with reducing the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent, some provisions relate to individual taxpayers, including changes to the estate tax and 529 accounts.
A Guidebook to Planning for Old Age
Are you ready for old age? An essential and empowering book addresses the important issues and directs reders to a myriad of resources to help them plan for the realities of aging.
Estate Planning and Retirement Considerations for Late-in-Life Parents
Older parents are becoming more common, driven in part by changing cultural mores and surrogate motherhood. Steve Martin, Billy Joel, and Janet Jackson are some examples. But later-in-life parents have some special estate planning and retirement considerations.
Home Health Care Patients With Chronic Conditions Are Having Trouble Getting Medicare
Medicare is supposed to provide up to 35 hours a week of home care to those who qualify, but many Medicare patients with chronic conditions are being wrongly denied such care.
Financial advisers now to establish ‘trusted contact person’
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority — FINRA — approved a new rule effective February 2018. All financial advisers are required to make reasonable efforts to obtain the name of and contact information for a trusted contact person upon opening a new account or...
‘Caregiver Child’ — Use it to keep parent’s house, but step carefully
Care for a parent in their house by their child may be the best opportunity to protect the family home under Ohio Medicaid, but strict requirements must be met. The Caregiver Child Exemption allows adult children (only biological or adopted) to care for their parent...
What Happens When a Nursing Home Closes?
A nursing home closure can be traumatic for residents who are forced to move. Although there may not be much that can be done to prevent a closure, residents do have some rights.
Clients worry the tax legislation could ax Medical Expenses deduction
Some of our long-time Browning & Meyer clients worry the tax legislation before Congress could become a tax increase. Specifically, they’re concerned with the potential loss of the Medical Expenses deduction on their federal taxes. As they should be. The impact on...
Partnership change
The communication below was mailed to Browning & Meyer Clients Nov. 10, 2017. It served as the formal notice that the legal partnership of Browning & Meyer Co., LPA dissolved effective Jan. 1, 2018, with William J. Browning joining the Columbus law firm of...