Elder Law Articles

Elder Law Review May 2025: Estate Planning – An Important Way to Reduce Stress

By Ronald Fatoullah and Stacey Meshnick Uncertainty about one’s financial and legal future often leads to stress. Planning and taking proactive action can help you ...
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Elder Law Review April 2025: Effective Estate Planning to Avoid Litigation

Effective Estate Planning to Avoid Estate Litigation By Ronald Fatoullah, Esq. and Stacey Meshnick, Esq. When engaging in estate planning, it is important to take ...
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Elder Law Review March 2025: Trustee of a Special Needs Trust- What’s Involved?

Trustee of a Special Needs Trust- What’s Involved? By Ronald A. Fatoullah, and Stacey Meshnick When special needs individuals receive governmental benefits, they cannot own ...
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Elder Law Review February 2025: Important Medicaid Home Care Deadline (CDPAP Program)

By Ronald Fatoullah and Stacey Meshnick Most dual eligible (Medicare and Medicaid) individuals aged 65 or older are required to receive home care through Managed ...
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Updated Elder Law Review – New Medicaid Income and Resource Levels for 2025

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Elder Law Review January 2025: 2025 Medicaid Allowance Levels

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Elder Law Review November 2025: Medicare Deductibles, Premiums & Co-insurances for 2025

By Ronald Fatoullah and Stacey Meshnick The following are the new rates for Medicare Part A deductibles and Part B monthly premiums: Medicare Part A 2024 Rates 2025 ...
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October 2024 Elder Law Review: The Medicaid Asset Protection Trust

By Ronald Fatoullah and Stacey Meshnick The statistics are daunting. The odds of needing long-term care at age 65 are nearly 70%! And long-term care costs in the ...
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September 2024 Elder Law Review: Are TOD Deeds DOA?

By Ronald Fatoullah and Stacey Meshnick Transfer on Death deeds are not ‘dead on arrival’ and they do serve a purpose, but for most individuals, these deeds clearly ...
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July 2024 Elder Law Review: Transferring Assets Within Medicaid’s 5-Year Medicaid Look-Back Period

By Ronald Fatoullah and Stacey Meshnick Many people have heard of the five-year “look-back” for Medicaid benefits. However, there is a lot of misinformation and confusion about what ...
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