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  • 2024
    • August
      • Why You Should Designate Beneficiaries
      • Why You Should Designate Beneficiaries
    • May
      • High School Graduation: A Good Time for Financial Planning
      • Could Medicaid Payback Rules Come to an End?
    • April
      • Do Caregiver Duties Help Older Women Live Longer?
    • March
      • A Seniors Guide to Estate Planning
      • Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) Imposes New Small Business Reporting Requirements for 2024
  • 2023
    • December
      • Talking With a Loved One About Long-Term Care
    • October
      • Execute a Power of Attorney Before It's Too Late
      • Estate Planning With Dementia on the Rise
    • June
      • Protecting Your Business: The Importance of Estate Planning
      • When Should You Make a Will?
    • May
      • Preserving Your Legacy: Estate Administration and Probate in Iowa
      • Navigating Iowa's Estate Tax: Strategies for Minimizing Your Tax Liability
      • How to Get Medicaid Coverage for Care at Home
    • March
      • Is Your Trust Fully Funded?
    • January
      • Why an Irrevocable Trust May Be Superior to Gifting
  • 2022
    • December
      • Protecting Spouses of Medicaid Applicants: 2023 Guidelines
      • What Are Medicaid Asset Protection Trusts?
    • November
      • Why We Procrastinate about Estate Planning
    • October
      • Understanding Living Trusts
        
      • Three Estate Planning Items Everyone Needs
    • August
      • What Evidence is Needed to Transfer a Medicaid Recipient’s Home to a Child Caretaker?
      • How to Choose a Trustee
        
      • Protect Your Loved Ones With a Special Needs Trust
    • July
      • Five Myths About Medicaid’s Long Term Care Coverage
      • Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Gift Your House to Your Kids
      • What If I Can't Find My Loved One's Documents?
      • Why Unmarried Partners Should Care about Estate Planning
      • Financial Caregiving
      • The Senior Safe Act
    • June
      • Planning for Your Special Needs Child or Grandchild
      • The Importance to You and Your Loved Ones of Having an Estate Plan
      • What to do if You are Appointed as Guardian or Conservator for a Loved One
      • Is Your Financial Power of Attorney Up to the Task?
      • Medicare and Medicaid: Unlocking the Mystery
    • May
      • Estate Planning, Elder Law, What's the Difference?
    • April
      • Life After A Dementia Diagnosis
      • Be Kind to a Lawyer Day!
    • February
  • 2020
    • April
      • Staying Connected to Family Members in a Nursing Home When Visits are Banned
      • The Coronavirus Pandemic Presents Ample Reasons to Reevaluate Your Estate Plan
  • 2019
    • June
      • Is a Gift of Antique Furniture Considered a Transfer of Assets When Applying for Medicaid?
      • Medicare Launches App to Help Beneficiaries Find Out What’s Covered
    • May
      • What Is the Difference Between a Living Will and a Do-Not-Resuscitate Order?
    • February
      • Medicaid Recipient’s Annuity Was Not Subject to Claim Against Estate for Funeral Expenses
    • January
      • Denial of Nursing Home Resident’s Medicaid Application Does Not Mean Son Breached Admission Contract
      • Key Elder Law Numbers for 2019: Our Annual Roundup
  • 2018
    • December
      • How Do You Determine the Cost Basis of an Inherited Property If There Was No Appraisal?
      • The Best and Worst States for Protection Against Elder Abuse
      • How Long Does It Take for An Estate to Be Settled?
    • October
      • Team Lunch for Pearson Bollman Law’s Des Moines Office
    • September
      • Will I Have to Spend Down My Income For My Wife to Be Eligible for Medicaid?
    • July
      • Will Small Gifts Really Disqualify My Mother from Medicaid?
      • Where’s My New Medicare Card? How to Find Out the Status
      • How Much Do I Pay My Agent Under a Power of Attorney?
      • When Can an Adult Child Be Liable for a Parent’s Nursing Home Bill?
    • June
      • Now That My Daughter Is Married, Should I Change Her Name on My Power of Attorney Form?
    • May
      • There Is New Legislation for Affidavits for Distribution of a Decedent’s Property
    • April
      • Does Medicaid Count a Spouse’s 401(K) When Determining Eligibility?
      • If We Want to Make Changes to Our Will, Do We Have to Use the Same Attorney Who Drafted It?
    • March
      • When a Guardian Is Appointed, Is the Spouse’s Income Protected?
    • January
      • Can I Convert a Revocable Trust to an Irrevocable Trust When I Apply for Medicaid?
      • Can My Father Cash in a Life Insurance Policy Without Affecting My Mother’s Medicaid?
  • 2017
    • December
      • How Will the New Tax Law Affect You?
    • October
      • Use Your Will To Dictate How To Pay Your Debts
      • Yahoo Is Not Prohibited From Disclosing Contents of Email Account to Estate Representatives
      • What Expenses Can ABLE Accounts Pay For?
    • September
      • Funeral Planning
      • Iowa Requests Waiver of Retroactive Medicaid Requirement
    • July
      • Phyllis Pearson Is WRG Member of the Year
      • Final Exam
      • Using a Prepaid Funeral Contract to Spend Down Assets for Medicaid
    • May
      • Mass. Supreme Court Reverses Ruling on Trust Home Usage
    • April
      • Retirement of Phyllis Pearson
    • March
      • What to Do When a Loved One Dies, Part 2
      • What to Do When a Loved One Dies, Part 1
  • 2016
    • August
      • Scams Targeting the Elderly – What to Look for
    • June
      • What If My Husband Moves To A Nursing Home?
      • Implementing a Business Succession Plan
    • April
      • Estate Planning Odds ‘n Ends
    • March
      • How To Avoid Probate
    • February
      • Changes to Iowa Probate Court Costs?
    • January
      • Planning For Incapacity
  • 2015
    • December
      • Travel Home For The Holidays
    • October
      • Death With Dignity
      • Able Act
    • June
      • Medicaid “Spend Down”
      • Revocable Trusts
    • March
      • Finding An Elder Law Attorney
      • What Happened to My Inheritance?
    • February
      • Caregiver Contract: Paying Family Members
      • New 2015 VA Pension Plus Aid And Attendance Rates
      • Conflicts Between Wills And Named Beneficiaries
  • 2014
    • August
      • How Do You Find an Elder Law Attorney to Advise You on Medicaid Planning?
    • July
      • Iowa Miller Trust Cap Raised By Recent Legislation
    • June
      • Estate Planning Attorneys
      • When Is a Gift a Gift and Not an Advancement?
    • May
      • Medicaid Asset Protection Trusts (MAPT) in Iowa
    • March
      • Estate Planning: Unmarried Couples, Continued…
    • February
      • Do You Need a Will?… Part II
      • Do You Need a Will?
    • January
      • Powers of Attorney: Your Most Important Estate Planning Documents
  • 2013
    • October
      • What Assets Are Non-Countable for Medicaid?
    • September
      • Estate Planning: Is Your Name Legal?
      • Estate Planning: Unmarried Couples
    • June
      • Estate Planning: Gifts
  • 2012
    • December
      • What About Your Minor Children?
    • June
      • Understanding Medicaid Planning Opportunities
    • May
      • 2012 Iowa Medicaid Eligibility Figures
      • Estate Planning: What About Your Pets?
      • I Don’t Need an Estate Plan!
      • Medicaid Planning: Are You Prepared?
      • Estate Planning: What About Blended Families?
    • January
      • Attorney Probate Fees In Iowa
  • 2011
    • October
      • What About Your Parents?
    • September
      • Phyllis Pearson Selected In 2012 Edition Of The Best Lawyers In America
    • July
      • Why Go to an Attorney for a Will When I Can Just Do It Myself?
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