By Ben A. Neiburger, Attorney, Generation Law Ben’s Trip to the Las Vegas Bitcoin Convention Just after Memorial Day, Ben Neiburger attended the Bitcoin Convention in Las Vegas (Ben’s triathlon coach said he should climb a couple of mountains on...
By Ben A. Neiburger, Attorney, Generation Law Property ownership is a fundamental aspect of estate planning and asset management. This ownership comes in many forms: individually, with someone else (called joint tenancy), in trust, and with some type of contractual...
By Ben A. Neiburger, Attorney, Generation Law Social Security is implementing new identity verification measures, and you may be curious about their impact on you. These updates aim to combat fraud, abuse, and waste. However, you may have challenges making...
By Ben A. Neiburger, Attorney, Generation Law Advocacy Alert: Contact Your Members of Congress About Cuts to Medicaid in House Budget Resolution As a board member of the the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) I am always trying...
By Rachel K. Anderle, Associate Attorney, Generation Law As the new year begins, the latest legislative changes related to estate planning, long-term care, and Medicaid, as well as annual updates to the Federal tax code, begin to take effect. While...
By: Krystian R. Seebert In late April, the Illinois Appellate Court affirmed a decision to allow a man’s adoptive children to receive a share of his estate, even though his will left his entire estate to his brother. In Johnson...
By Dirk Bromberek, Attorney, Generation Law It isn’t unusual for people to wait until their retirement years to contact an attorney to discuss powers of attorney (and other estate planning matters). The need for powers of attorney is often (and...
By: Krystian R. Seebert We found a recent consensus article from 19 experts who interviewed persons in assisted living care, a setting in which more and more Americans find themselves, and used the results of the interviews to identify 43...
By Andrea K. Kovar, Attorney, Generation Law Medicare was established in 1965 to provide health insurance for Americans aged 65 and over, but it also covers more than eight million people with disabilities under age 65. Qualifying for Medicare is...
By Krystian R. Seebert A recent MSN article highlighted the following challenges agents under powers of attorney often face when trying to use those documents. The frustrating part of using powers of attorney is that agents present perfectly valid powers...
By Ben A. Neiburger, Attorney, Generation Law and Krystian R. Seebert So, it’s been quite a while since we sent out new information and it’s been an exciting couple of years. We’ve prepared a wide-ranging summary of new laws we...
By Ben A. Neiburger, Attorney, Generation Law When we marry, we promise to love each other in sickness and in health without really thinking too much about what the “in sickness” part could mean down the road. At Generation Law,...