Read the latest legal updates, planning tips and the occasional juicy celebrity will.

May & June 2024:

  • Greetings from the Scottish Highlands!
  • Easing the Squeeze on the Sandwich Generation
  • 2024 Property Taxation Update
  • Ben and Melissa are Instrumental in Passing of New Financial Power of Attorney Law in Illinois
  • Where in the World is Ben?
  • Trust Code Questions?
    April 2024: 

  • Autism Acceptance Month
  • Young Autistic Adults Face Added Challenges Entering the Workforce
  • Planning for Peace of Mind: How to Plan for the Future of an Adult Child with Disabilities
  • Medicare for Disabled Adults Under 65
  • Join Melissa in the Fight Against Alzheimer’s Disease!
  • Ben will Speak at a New Seminar at the IICLE
  • Need More Caregiving Tips?

March 2024:

  • Pat Summitt was a Champion for Alzheimer’s Awareness After Diagnosis
  • Doing it Yourself can be the Most Expensive Legal Route
  • In The News:  Spotlight on Trusts & Estates: Council Member Melissa Johnson
  • Legislation Update
  • Silver Tsunami
  • Upcoming Event: Free Zoom Seminar
  • Legal Questions?

February 2024:

  • Navigating Late-Life Relationships and Medicaid Planning
  • Girlfriends and Boyfriends at Age 70
  • Medicaid Planning: A Love Story
  • Ben Added Another Accolade to His Shelf!
  • Say Hello to Rachel!
  • Got FAQs?  We Have Answers!

January 2024:

  • Happy New Year!
  • 2024 Estate Planning and Elder Care Legislation (Illinois and Federal)
  • A Love Story and Caregiver Fatigue
  • Generation Law Employee Spotlight: Matt Johnson
  • Looking for More Information?

November 2023:

  • Here’s to Another 20 Years!
  • Gifting Assets could Affect your Medicaid Eligibility for Long-Term Care Benefits
  • How to Have a Happy ‘Thinksgiving’
  • Generation Law Founder Spotlight:  Ben A. Neiburger, J.D., C.P.A.
  • The Greatest Gift is Peace of Mind

October 2023:  

  • Happy Halloween from Generation Law!
  • Handling Post-Death Litigation
  • Halloween Horrors: How DIY Planning Can Haunt You
  • Generation Law Employee Spotlight:  Rachel K Anderle, J.D.
  • Generation Law Leads the Way at IICLE’s Elder Law Short Course

September 2023:

  • Planning for a Loved one with TBI
  • Planning for Individual with Traumatic Brain Injuries
  • 3 Signs It’s Time to Call an Elder Law Attorney
  • Community Spotlight: Synapse House!

August 2023:

  • The Last Days of Summer
  • Ensuring Your Child’s Well-being: The Importance of Powers of Attorney After 18
  • Overuse of Beneficiary Designations
  • Join Melissa in the Fight Against Alzheimer’s Disease!
  • Join us for a Night of Elegance in Support of Synapse House!
  • Get Your College Kid’s POA Done
  • Where in the World is Ben?

July 2023:

  • July is Disability Pride Month
  • Failure to Plan for Loss of Capacity
  • Estate Planning in Action: Recent Case Highlights Importance of Updating Your Estate Plan
  • Planning for Peace of Mind: How to Plan for the Future of an Adult Child with Disabilities
  • Are You Caring for a Special Needs Child?
  • Generation Law Employee Spotlight:  Melissa Johnson, J.D.
  • New Legislation Signed into Law after May 31, 2023 

June 2023:

  • Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
  • New Recommendations for Medical and Mental Health Care in Assisted Living
  • Promising Treatments for Alzheimer’s
  • Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (“ADRD”)
  • Generation Law Employee Spotlight:  Krystian R. Seebert, J.D.
  • Meet the Generation Law Team

May 2023:

  • National Elder Law Month
  • Expanding Exemptions to Medicaid Estate Recovery in Illinois
  • Increase to Medicaid Exempt Resources Limit
  • Join Melissa in the Fight Against Alzheimer’s Disease!
  • Generation Law Employee Spotlight:  Andrea K. Kovar, J.D., LL.M.
  • New Illinois Estate Planning and Elder Care Legislation

March & April 2023:

  • April Greetings
  • Medicare for Disabled Adults Under 65 
  • Problems Honoring Powers of Attorney
  • Meet Blue, Our Newest Team Member
  • Generation Law Employee Spotlight:  Dirk Bromberek, J.D.
  • Where in the World is Ben?

February 2023:

  • The Elder Law Minute is back!
  • What’s new for 2023
  • Medicaid planning: A love story
  • Melissa’s activities since December 2020
  • Ben’s activities since December 2020

December 2020  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • December 2020:  When gifts go wrong
  • How NOT to give a gift
  • Do I need a geriatric care manager?
  • Greetings from Holidaytown

November 2020  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • November 2020: Pass the peas and the POAs
  • A very Covid ‘Thinksgiving’
  • Planning for peace of mind: How to plan for the future of an adult child with disabilities
  • Talking trusts at NAELA

October 2020  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • October 2020:  Should they stay or should they go?
  • Halloween horrors: Estate planning edition
  • Should you move your parent into assisted living right now?
  • Halloween horrors: How DIY planning can haunt you

September 2020  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • September 2020
  • Challenging estate plans in court
  • Ask an attorney: What should I do after a family member dies?
  • Sink or Swim

August 2020  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • August 2020
  • What should I do to protect myself if I get COVID?
  • Top 5 questions about estate planning
  • Know a kid headed to college?

July 2020  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • July 2020
  • Before your kid heads to college, do this
  • Got probate? Illinois courts reopening
  • Get your college kid’s POA done PDQ

June 2020  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • June 2020

  • Have a family member in a nursing home? Take this step now

  • Illinois codifies rules permitting remotely signed pandemic plans
  • Open for business

May 2020  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • May 2020
  • Long-term care: advocating for loved ones during COVID-19
  • L&N Mask Co. makes masks for a good cause
  • New law allows remote witnessing and notary to continue
  • We wrote the book (again) on special needs trusts
  • Making the new trust code work for you
  • IICLE short course goes virtual

April 2020  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:  

  • April 2020
  • DIY face masks, not your will
  • How the CARES act could affect your estate planning
  • Remote notary and witnessing now available
  • Trust code questions?

COVID-19:  

  • Emergency planning updates due to COVID-19

March 2020  Consumer Edition, Business Edition: 

  • Illinois law and coronavirus
  • Trust in the future
  • Emergency estate planning during the zombie apocalypse
  • COVID-19 and estate planning
  • Melissa Johnson named partner
  • Got questions about the Illinois trust code? Not sure where to start? We can help

February 2020  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:  

  • February 2020

  • Illinois trust code rules: What can you change?

  • Medicaid planning: A love story
  • Trust code questions?

January 2020  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:  

  • New year, new laws.
  • The brass tacks on the new tax laws
  • A matter of trust: the impact of the new Illinois tax code
  • Protecting someone special: A night with Illinois special needs planning experts
  • Is your estate plan up to date?

December 2019  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • December 2019:  How will the new Illinois trust code impact your estate plans?
  • A matter of trust:  The impact of the new Illinois trust code
  • How NOT to give a gift
  • Generation Law attorneys featured at recent IICLE short course
  • Ben Neiburger talks “Big 10” at Fifth Third Bank
  • Generation Law adds to its talented bench
  • Generation Law channels Hallmark

October 2019  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • October 2019: Don’t get spooked by special needs estate planning
  • Tricks to avoid when treating kids with a gift
  • What happens to special needs children when their parents die?
  • The Crones project visits ShePodcasts live

September 2019  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • September 2019: Planning (and paying) for long-term care
  • Everything you need to know about Medicaid planning
  • 4 strategies for affording long-term care
  • Got FAQs?  We have answers
  • Where in the world is Ben?

August 2019  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • August 2019:  How will new planning laws impact you?
  • Impact of new Illinois State laws
  • Before your kids head to college, do this
  • Get your kid’s POA done PDQ
  • Got FAQs?  We have answers

July 2019  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • July 2019:  News you can use
  • Top 5 questions about estate planning
  • Scatter my ashes at starved rock
  • Petition issued in support of death with dignity law in Illinois
  • Meet our talented team

June 2019  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • June 2019:  Are you ready if Alzheimer’s strikes?
  • How much will Alzheimer’s cost you?
  • Beating Alzheimer’s to the punch with powers of attorney
  • Growing old together: love, marriage and Alzheimer’s
  • Where in the world is Ben?

May 2019  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • May 2019:  Staying sane in the sandwich generation
  • 3 signs it’s time to call an elder law attorney
  • Easing the squeeze on the sandwich generation
  • Ask an attorney:  Managing caregiver responsibilities
  • Where in the world is Ben?

April 2019  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • April 2019:  Bidding RIP to DIY estate planning
  • 3 tales of DIY planning gone wrong
  • Leaving behind a mess: 3 common estate planning mistakes to avoid
  • Ask an attorney:  Heir-raising tales of DIY estate planning

March 2019  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • March 2019:  When estate planning goes digital
  • Bequeathing all your worldly goods?  Don’t forget your logins
  • Infographic:  Why this should be the year you finally get a will
  • Ask an attorney:  3 digital estate planning steps to take now
  • Where in the world is Ben?  Race recap edition

February 2019  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • February 2019:  Partnering to plan the future
  • Medicaid planning: A love story
  • Convincing your partner to estate plan with you
  • New Medicaid laws aim to streamline documentation for applicants
  • Our new site is live!

December 2018  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • December 2018:  Gift giving done right
  • The greatest gift is peace of mind
  • How NOT to give a gift
  • Where in the world is Ben?

November 2018  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • November 2018:  Thinking about your family
  • How to have a happy ‘Thinksgiving’
  • Veterans, here’s what to know about new VA benefits eligibility requirements 
  • Where in the world is Ben?

October 2018  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • October 2018:  Making your plans for the end less scary
  • Getting over your fear of the end
  • Handling post-death litigation
  • Where in the world is Ben?

September 2018  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • September 2018:  Don’t fear leaving your special needs child behind
  • What happens to special needs children when their parents die?
  • Understanding special needs trusts
  • Where in the world is Ben?

August 2018  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • August 2018:  Generation Law 101
  • Before your kid heads to college, do this
  • Top 5 questions about estate planning
  • It’s a boy!
  • Where in the world is Ben?

June 2018  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • June 2018:  Planning for Alzheimer’s
  • How much will Alzheimer’s cost you?
  • Choosing the guardian of your galaxy
  • Estate woes for Buzz Aldrin
  • Where in the world is Ben?

May 2018  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • May 2018:  Preparing to care for your family
  • 3 signs it’s time to call an elder law attorney
  • The ultimate family caregiver’s guide
  • Where in the world is Ben?

April 2018  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • April 2018:  Affording the end of life
  • Infographic: 4 strategies for affording long-term care
  • What will the rest of your life cost?
  • Where in the world is Ben?

March 2018  Consumer Edition, Business Edition:

  • March 2018:  The dangers of DIY
  • 3 tales of DIY estate planning gone wrong
  • Why ‘simple’ doesn’t work for estate plans
  • Where in the world is Ben?