Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Even 18-Year-Olds Needs an Estate Plan
If your teenager will soon turn 18, it is an important time to discuss estate planning with your child and with your Canton estate planning lawyer. Many people wrongly assume that estate planning is only for elderly adults or those with chronic illnesses, and it is appropriate to put off estate planning until you… Read More »
Who Needs a Durable Power of Attorney?
Creating a power of attorney document is often an important component of estate planning in Canton and throughout Connecticut. There are different types of powers of attorney that a person can create, but most often a person will create what is known as a durable power of attorney. If you have never created a… Read More »
Reviewing Your Estate Plan When Your Spouse Dies
Experiencing the death of a spouse is devastating at any age, and regardless of whether it was something you were able to plan for in some respects or something that occurred suddenly and without any kind of warning. Nobody wants to think about the possibility of a spouse being diagnosed with a terminal illness,… Read More »
Protecting Your Home from Medicaid
If you or your spouse will need long-term care — either in the near or distant future — it is important to think about asset protection strategies and Medicaid planning with an experienced elder law and estate planning lawyer in Connecticut. One of the assets that you will need to consider carefully is real… Read More »
What is Special Needs Planning?
If you have a disabled child, or a disabled loved one for whom you provide financial support or care, part of your estate planning process likely should include special needs planning. Likewise, if you have a disability yourself, it is important to consider special needs planning in connection with any other estate planning you… Read More »
Top Things to Know About Medicaid for Older Adults
If you have earned a relatively good income for most of your adult life, or your elderly parents lived relatively comfortably on a steady salary during their working years, the idea that you need to know about Medicaid and Medicaid planning may surprise you. For many Connecticut residents, they know about Medicaid solely as… Read More »
How Much Does Long-Term Care Cost?
One of the major issues that elder law attorneys assist clients with on a regular basis is the matter of paying for long-term care. Much too often, older adults do not plan ahead with any strategies for asset protection or paying for long-term care. Then, in what seems like a mere moment, that older… Read More »
Retaining a Life Estate in Your Home
Part of any estate planning process in Canton or elsewhere in Connecticut involves working with an attorney to consider who will inherit your assets after you die, and how those individuals or entities will inherit your assets. In addition, for many people, estate planning involves discussions with a Connecticut estate planning lawyer about protecting… Read More »
Estate Planning and Digital Assets
Estate planning in Connecticut often involves a range of documents and tools to ensure that assets are protected and that family members, loved ones, and charitable entities will be able to receive those assets smoothly after your death. The specific documents that make up a person’s estate plan will depend in part on the… Read More »
Should Millennials Consider Estate Planning
A common misconception about estate planning — a process that involves creating a will, considering guardianship issues, executing advance directives, establishing trusts, and more — is that it is only something you need to do when you are much older or if you become ill. Yet in truth, all adults should be thinking carefully… Read More »