DIY (do-it-yourself) Will Creates Problems in Mississippi
A good estate plan includes a will that describes how assets will be left to your heirs or others. State law describes how a will must be prepared in order…
A good estate plan includes a will that describes how assets will be left to your heirs or others. State law describes how a will must be prepared in order…
The Medicare Board of Trustees report released last month calls for Medicare premiums to inflate by 22.3 percent, increasing the 2017 Part B premium to $149 per month from $121.80…
The Mississippi health care power of attorney, or “Advance Health Care Directive,” contains a section where you may give the name, address and phone number of your primary physician. Why…
Mississippi law does not permit a person to disinherit his spouse in a last will and testament, unless the spouse owns a “separate estate” of at least as much as…
Prince Rogers Nelson – better known to the entertainment world as Prince – died April 21 at age 57 at his Paisley Park home in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Tyka Nelson, Prince’s…
Paying a relative for care of a frail parent or of an adult child or sibling with disabilities is an option that sometimes solves a variety of problems. “Caregiver agreements”…
As April 15 looms, people with special needs - and their families, caretakers and trustees - think about the same thing that preoccupies every other American: income taxes. But are…
Elva Mae Hemphill passed away at the age of ninety-nine without a will. Her primary assets consisted of five certificates of deposit and a checking account. As of April 6, 2007,…
In the past two years, 31 states and the District of Columbia have expanded eligibility for Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, but even more have simplified sign-ups and renewals,…
Prior to 2015, members of and retirees from the military could not designate any portion of their military Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) to a special needs trust ("SNT") for a…