Elder Law Answer Book/With 2001 Supplement

by Fleming, Robert B.

• ISBN13: 9780735513853
• ISBN10: 0735513856
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

Summary

Written by nationally-known elder law practitioner Robert Fleming, The Elder Law Answer Book gathers the most current legal, regulatory, and practice guidelines from the core topics of elder law; long-term care, estate planning, retirement planning, healthcare decision making, and rights of the elderly--and presents this information in a thoroughly integrated, easy-access reference. Chapter highlights include: Estate planning And The elderly Key relationships between retirement planning and estate planning Commonly used approaches to ease tax burdens and preserve their wealth Medicaid and long-term care planning Special trusts useful To The elderly Guardianship and conservatorship Probate and trust administration Practice management Retirement planning, including both qualified and non-qualified plans IRA's And The new distribution rules and much more!

Table of Contents

List of Questions	p. xxxiii
Establishing and Managing an Elder Law Practice
Practice Considerations	p. 1
Ethical Issues in Client Representation	p. 1
Estate and Retirement Planning
Retirement Planning	p. 1
Non-Tax Aspects of Estate Planning: Wills, Trusts, and Other Transfers of Property Upon Death	p. 1
Estate Planning	p. 1
Post-Mortem Estate Planning	p. 1
Fiduciary Administration
Probate and Trust Administration	p. 1
Will and Trust Contests	p. 1
Guardianship and Protective Proceedings	p. 1
Powers of Attorney	p. 1
Paying for Medical and Long-Term Care
Medical and Long-Term Care Options	p. 1
Paying Privately for Long-Term Care: Long-Term Care Insurance	p. 1
Medicare Benefits	p. 1
Medicaid Benefits	p. 1
Other Benefit Programs	p. 1
Special Needs Trusts	p. 1
Health Care Decision Making and Protection of the Elderly
Patient Autonomy and Self-Determination	p. 1
Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation	p. 1
Age Discrimination	p. 1
Appendices
Estate Planning Questionnaire	p. 1
Engagement Letter	p. 1
Joint Representation Agreement	p. 1
Instruction to Counsel Regarding Original Power of Attorney	p. 1
Index	p. 1
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