Elder Law Attorney Serving The Lower Burrell Area

At Harkins Elder Law, we can help you attain Medicaid eligibility status for your spouse, parent, or grandparent already in a nursing home or in dire need of such services. As a result, you don't need to pay for the expensive costs of nursing home care services with all your life savings and risk losing even more when your loved one dies. Medicaid Crisis Planning is a plan that helps a Medicaid applicant meet the Medicaid program's asset limit for eligibility purposes. In addition, our plans help families protect their children's inheritance and the resources of a healthy spouse from being depleted through expensive home care services. Our Medicaid Crisis Plans are not a one size fits all kind of arrangement. Instead, we consider the needs of every client and their assets and devise the best possible ways of solving their problem.

Estate planning is for practically everyone who owns any amount of assets. It's an important process that helps you plan for the future of your spouse and children in the unfortunate event of your death. In addition, it allows you to plan for the distribution of your wealth among your beneficiaries according to your wishes and can help avoid the exhausting and time-consuming process of probate. Depending on what's best for you, we'll help you prepare important documents such as Trusts, Wills, Powers of Attorneys, and Living Wills. Our estate planning services consider all of your assets, including the non-probate assets, to maximize the benefits of the plan.

As a new executor or an appointed administrator, you can be easily overwhelmed by the responsibilities bestowed upon you. And there's no telling how much the impact of losing a loved one has already affected your life. We allow you and your family to have peace during the grieving period by making the estate administration and probate processes easier for you. There are so many processes you'll be required to complete as an executor, including gathering the estate inventory of the decedent and distributing the assets to the rightful heirs. These responsibilities, coupled with the legal procedures behind them and probably family contention over property ownership, aren't the best way to honor a decedent's wishes. Our experienced elder law attorney can significantly reduce the time taken during these processes by helping you avoid all the challenges that may come with your new responsibilities.