•Estate Planning Finances Sentinel Articles
Trusts: A Multi-Use Tool
When families and individuals come to me to set up an estate plan, determine how best to protect their assets,...
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Challenges of Estate Planning for Same Sex Couples
The law for Estate Planning was largely designed with a traditional nuclear family in mind. As time goes by, we...
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Estate Planning When You Are On Your Own
Typically, the people who think the most about estate planning are those who are in a fairly traditional family unit. ...
Read MoreRed Flags for Self-Neglect
Last week’s column introduced the concept of self-neglect (https://keystoneelderlaw.com/self-neglect-elder-abuse-or-individual-choice/). Over the past several years in Pennsylvania, this type of elder...
Read MoreSelf-Neglect: Elder Abuse or Individual Choice?
In Pennsylvania, reports of suspected elder abuse have risen 63% over the last 5 years. During the fiscal year 2020-2021,...
Read MoreNever Too Old For Friends
Henry Ford (1863-1947), the great American industrialist, once stated,“There are three things that grow more precious with age; old wood...
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Driver’s License Importance for Older Adults
Families often have charged conversations and difficult decisions about an aging parent’s driver’s license. Driver’s licenses are intimately tied to...
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The High Cost of a Simple Will
When planning our estates and thinking about how to pass our property to our loved ones, most of us think...
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Elder Law is Not Just for the Elderly
Working at an Elder Law firm, we regularly receive questions about whether a certain person counts as “elderly” to receive...
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Green Burial and Additional Final Disposition Options
Choices made by governments, business and industry, and individuals all impact our planet in various ways. Individual choices are usually...
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