Elder Law

Senate Bill 494, also known as the Florida Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act, took effect July 1, 2016. The act allows fiduciaries to manage digital assets and communications in the same way [...]

In the last blog, we discussed the issue of financial institutions refusing to honor powers of attorney and making clients sign their own institutions’ legal forms. In order to prevent this from [...]

In a recent New York Times article titled “Finding Out Your Power of Attorney Is Powerless,” the author discusses an issue that frustrates families and elder law attorneys alike —financial [...]

While the debate about proposed death with dignity laws continues in Florida, it is important to know that current Florida law prohibits assisted suicide, which is allowed in several other [...]

A movement that is spreading throughout this country is the death with dignity initiative, or laws that allow terminally ill patients to use prescribed medications to end their lives on their own [...]

Advance directives are documents that allow individuals to express their preferences and instructions regarding their healthcare and finances. Some advance directives include living wills, [...]

The process of determining an adult to be incapacitated can be extensive and challenging for loved ones to watch. However, it is a sometimes necessary task to undertake in order to protect and [...]

According to an NPR article titled, “Social Media Abuse of Nursing Home Residents Often Goes Unchecked” a very disturbing incident involving social media abuse occurred at a nursing in Hubbard, [...]

In 2013, changes were made to estate taxes and now few people are subject to federal estate taxes. For those who die in 2016, the first $5.45 million of an individual’s estate is exempt from [...]

Voting is an important facet of democracy, but for many seniors, it can become increasingly difficult to get to the polls. For seniors who live in nursing homes, it can be even more challenging. [...]