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How
your estate should be left to your heirs
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whether your estate is best handled by a Last Will and Testament or by a trust.
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How you will
pay for long term care
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a plan for how you would pay for long term care if you become frail and disabled; that plan may include long term care insurance, private payment for your care or government benefits such as Medicare and
Medicaid;
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whether you want to qualify for Medicaid benefits in a nursing home or Medicaid home
care;
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whether you want to transfer assets during lifetime rather than upon
death;
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Whether you
want to sign a power of attorney
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whether you want to appoint an agent to handle your financial affairs if you are unable to do so; in cases where a person becomes incompetent but has not executed a power of attorney we can apply to the court for appointment of a
guardian;
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Whether you
want to appoint a health proxy
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an agent to make your health care
decisions
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How you want
your house to be owned
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whether you want to keep your home ownership in your own name
during your lifetime, or transfer it to a loved one with a right for you to live in it for your lifetime, to a trust or sell it and use the funds for alternative
housing.
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Whether a
decedent's estate needs to be probated
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when there is a death in the family we handle the probate of the Will in Surrogate's Court or the distribution of the estate by other procedures in cases where there was no Will.