While creating an estate plan with a Trumbull will and trust lawyer, it’s often best to include directives regarding medical treatment, incapacity, and end-of-life care. If you don’t outline your wishes for these particular scenarios, you may leave your family with the difficult responsibility of making these decisions for you. Worse, they may not even …

Many veterans and their families are unaware of the availability of the Aid and Attendance pension benefit for veterans over the age of 65 through the Department of Veterans Affairs. These benefits can be used to help offset long-term care costs for older veterans who served during a period of war, whether that’s at home …

The media has been buzzing for months regarding the conservatorship of Britney Spears and the legal ramifications that being under conservatorship means to an individual. However, many Milford estate and elder law attorneys fear that the media attention on this case might cast a stigma on an important legal tool that’s regularly used to help...

When you ask someone what they know about estate planning, most people will tell you about the Last Will and Testament. In fact, very few people will mention a Pour-Over Will.  Today our Trumbull estate planning lawyers will explain the difference. While a Last Will and Testament is a standalone legal document that directs how...

Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) are savings vehicles that allow a tax deduction to be taken when you contribute to the account. The maximum contribution in 2021 is $6,000, and those age 50 and over may contribute an additional $1,000. The income is not taxable while the assets are held in the IRA, however, the distributions...

There are several different trusts available to achieve asset protection planning goals and to ensure you leave a legacy behind for your loved ones. One of the most common trusts to help achieve these goals is an irrevocable life insurance trust, also called ILIT. These trusts protect the benefits of your life insurance policies by...

Everyone knows that nursing home care can cause financial strain for seniors and even their children. That’s why the federal government created programs like Medicare and Medicaid, which are there to help seniors get the care they need. Beyond these two programs, there are many others that help specific groups of people and seniors, the...

As a New Haven trust attorney, I help many seniors set up Revocable Living Trusts to avoid probate proceedings and to give clear instructions on how they want their assets and property handled after death. The Grantor creates a trust once it is signed and funded with assets or property; that means anything used to...

All parents who have a child with special needs want to make sure that those children are taken care of in every instance – most importantly, after the parents have passed away or can no longer provide personal care for the child. Creating a special needs trust is extremely crucial in keeping that continuity of...

Trumbull guardianship lawyers are asked this question nearly every day! The answer is…maybe. Before you begin to worry, let us explain. When nonmarried parents have a formal custody agreement and one party passes away, that custody agreement is no longer valid. In most cases, the child's permanent custody would revert to the surviving parent. What...