If the court decides you can’t make your own decisions due to incapacity, it will appoint a guardian for you. You then lose the right to make your own decisions. Your guardian gets extensive authority over your life, from deciding…
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Keep your eye on the on the Securing A Strong Retirement Act, aka Secure 2.0 (HR 2954). The bill passed the House on March 30 with overwhelming bipartisan support and now heads to the Senate. The bill attempts to make…
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Will Medicare continue to cover the cost of virtual visits with your doctor? The answer is yes – at least temporarily. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, effective March 15, 2022, extends telehealth services for an additional 151 days following the end…
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Being placed under court-ordered guardianship means that the court has found you incapable of managing your own affairs, and has appointed a guardian to make decisions for you. The guardian may be someone who does not know you and who…
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Elder Law and Estate Planning Attorney Joseph Karp was the featured speaker at the South Palm Beach Quest for Knowledge program on March 14, 2022. The presentation addressed “What Floridians Need To Know About Life Planning and Death Planning in…
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Admitting a loved one into a nursing home can be an extraordinarily stressful experience, even when you know it is the best option for your loved one and for you. Yet it is precisely at this emotionally challenging time that…
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Effective January 1, 2022, the maximum annual contribution to an ABLE account is $16,000 (up from $15,000). Florida was among the first states in the nation to establish ABLE saving accounts. ABLE is the acronym for “Achieving A Better Life…
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“I figured out why Uncle Sam wears such a tall hat. It comes in handy when he passes it around.” -Soupy Sales As Soupy’s quip suggests, there are taxes for just about everything – including death. Clients doing estate planning…
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Florida law does not provide unmarried couples with the inheritance protections and automatic decision-making authority it provides to married couples. Even if you are in a longstanding, devoted relationship, from a legal perspective you and your companion might as well…
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A decade-long class action lawsuit, Barrows v. Becerra, has finally ended, with the outcome a win for Medicare beneficiaries who find themselves hospitalized as “observation” patients. Observation status means you are not well enough to be discharged from the hospital…
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