Boston Elder Law and Estate Planning Attorneys
The firm and its attorneys choose to be proficient in a limited number of specific areas of the law rather than generalize and carry on a mediocre practice in many areas of the law. At the same time, elder law and estate planning are not narrow fields. Elder law and estate planning attorneys must understand how to preserve assets for future generations, how to deal with the IRS on taxation issues, how to confront nursing homes that are violating patients' rights, how to navigate probate court when a client's family member dies, and much more.
As proud members of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the lawyers of Machado & Carden, LLP, are confident that they can provide clients in the Boston area with the elder law and estate planning services they need, including the following:
Inheritance Tax Planning:
Taxes are generally the problem that consumes the largest portion of an estate on a person's death. Proper advice and planning is essential to protect as much of the estate as possible from inheritance and estate taxes.
Estate Planning:
The lawyers of Machado & Carden provide clients with asset preservation and distribution strategies. Strategies vary by the number and value of assets and other life circumstances, but the most common instruments are testamentary wills and trusts. At the very least, every person should have a will to instruct to whom assets should be distributed - regardless of the value of the person's estate.
Medicaid Planning and Asset Preservation:
Long-term care and Medicaid planning strategies to preserve financial assets from future nursing home and health care costs are an essential part of any proper plan for the future. With proper planning clients protect their home, protect their spouse, and transfer assets. To ensure clients receive accurate advice and legal services, the firm's attorneys stay up-to-date with the evolving Rules of Nursing Home Medicaid Eligibility, Medicaid application rules, and current Medicaid laws. In addition to Medicaid planning, the firm's attorneys also can help clients file applications for Medicaid or appeals to recover expenses.
Conservatorships and Guardianships:
The attorneys represent people applying for guardianship or conservatorship of the estates of vulnerable persons, including aging parents and incapacitated adults.
Special Needs Trusts: which can provide funds to care for disabled and vulnerable adults without affecting eligibility for government programs and benefits such as Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income.
Probate Law:
The attorneys represent estate administrators and families of deceased estate holders in probate. Effective representation in probate can mean less stress for families that are already grieving lost loved ones.
Nursing Home Care and Residents' Rights:
Abuse of the most vulnerable persons in society is unacceptable. The lawyers of Machado & Carden are aggressive advocates of elderly and incapacitated individuals whose rights and wellbeing are being taken advantage of in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.
Personal Injury Settlement Planning:
The firm provides estate planning and asset preservation advice and strategies to personal injury attorneys and their clients who have won significant settlements or awards in personal injury litigation. Not all personal injury firms are equipped to offer advice on how to preserve resources for the future. Machado & Carden is equipped to help devise a strategy to ensure that a personal injury settlement will meet the future medical needs and living expenses of an injured or disabled person.
Contact us to schedule a consultation to learn more about how we can help you with your estate planning, asset preservation, and probate law needs.
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