An elder law lawyer at Frank & Kraft can offer you assistance in preparing for what could happen if you get very sick or if you sustain an injury. There are unfortunately, many tragic situations where an illness or an injury could leave you unable to give consent to medical care that you may need to sustain your life. For example, if you suffer a stroke or if you are involved in an auto accident and you sustain a brain injury, you may be unable to talk with your doctors about treatment … [Read more...]
Tools You Can Use to Protect Your Wealth
An Indianapolis asset protection attorney helps you to keep money and property safe so your assets are not at risk from common sources of loss. You work too hard to build a nest egg, only to see all that you have worked to build lost due to bad luck or mismanagement. There are tools you can use to try to protect your wealth and to maximize the chances that your money and property can provide you with financial security and serve as your legacy. Frank & Kraft will help you to use the asset … [Read more...]
How Often Should You Meet with an Indianapolis Estate Planning Attorney?
An Indianapolis estate planning attorney offers you assistance with the creation of an end of life plan and helps you to take control over what your legacy should be. It is important that you talk with a lawyer to put a plan in place, even if you are young, because you don't know when something could happen to you and you do not want to leave yourself of your loved ones unprotected. Once you have put you estate plan and incapacity plan in place, this is not necessarily the end of your … [Read more...]
5 Reasons You Could Contest a Will
A probate attorney at Frank & Kraft provides help during the probate process to try to make this process go as smoothly as possible. Our legal team can represent an executor of an estate and help the executor to fulfill his fiduciary duty. We can also provide representation to heirs or beneficiaries who want to make certain that the executor is fulfilling his obligations and protecting an inheritance. With help from an experienced attorney, hopefully the process will go smoothly, the … [Read more...]
Can You Get Tax Breaks for Retirement Savings?
Indianapolis elder law lawyers help people of all ages to prepare for their futures. We don't just help seniors and we don't just help people who are sick or at the end of their lives. We also assist people who are young, middle aged, and older to address the issues that matter to them when it comes to taking care of their families and assets. One of the key ways that Indianapolis elder law attorneys provide assistance in planning for the future is providing advice about making a retirement … [Read more...]
Indiana Considering a Work Requirement for Medicaid
A Medicaid lawyer provides assistance to those who are getting older and who want to make sure they can qualify for Medicaid coverage for long-term care. There are different eligibility rules for different types of Medicaid patients, and Frank & Kraft will help pre-Medicare seniors, as well as seniors 65-and-older, to understand how Medicaid works, what it covers that Medicare doesn't, and why qualifying for coverage is so important. Our legal team will also help to make sure you can get … [Read more...]
How Many Seniors Rely on Medicaid?
A Medicaid lawyer at Frank & Kraft can help seniors to make plans to qualify for Medicaid coverage if they require Medicaid to pay for their care. This is an issue that a significant number of people need to address as they begin to get older. Many seniors come to rely on Medicaid because Medicaid can be the only source of insurance coverage for long term care.Medicaid is a means-tested benefits program and there are rules for qualifying for benefits. Frank & Kraft will assist you … [Read more...]
How Living Trust Attorneys Help You Pick a Trustee
Living trust attorneys at Frank & Kraft can provide help with all of the steps involved in creating a trust. There are many decisions that have to be made during the trust creation process. You'll need to select the right kind of trust, decide what assets you want to transfer into the trust and make certain to follow all legal requirements for the creation of your trust document. You will also need to ensure that you select the right person to serve as trustee and that you designate … [Read more...]
Will Health Reform Change Medicaid?
An Indianapolis Medicaid lawyer helps seniors to make sure they can qualify to get covered by Medicaid if they require nursing home care or other costly care that Medicare will not pay for. Millions of seniors rely on Medicaid to cover nursing home care costs, and Frank & Kraft provides help to those who want to plan ahead and make sure they can get Medicaid coverage as a senior, without first having to spend all of their personal wealth on nursing home care in order to qualify for … [Read more...]
Why it’s Important to Consider Your Heirs When Making an Inheritance Plan
An Indianapolis inheritance planning attorney provides assistance with making plans that will allow you to not just leave a legacy but also to protect your heirs. In many circumstances, simply transferring money and property to loved ones after your death is not the best approach to take to providing for your loved ones. Your family members may have various special needs or may be in unique circumstances that make the direct transfer of wealth impractical, impossible or unadvisable. Because you … [Read more...]
