by Laurie Ohall | Aug 5, 2011 | End of Life Issues, Estate Planning, Florida Laws, Power of Attorney for Estate Planning
Last time, I talked about some of the more relevant changes to the DPOA statute such as doing away with “springing” POA’s and how POA’s signed before the new statute is enacted (which is on 10/1/11) will be treated. Some other changes to the statute include the...
by Laurie Ohall | Jul 30, 2011 | End of Life Issues, Estate Planning, Florida Laws, Power of Attorney for Estate Planning
The purpose of a durable power of attorney (DPOA) is to provide the least restrictive alternative to having someone act on your behalf to make health care and financial decisions. The current DPOA statute (which can be found at Florida Statute Section 709.01 through...
by Laurie Ohall | Jul 12, 2011 | Estate Planning, Long Term Care Planning, VA (Veteran's Affairs)
By Melissa Howell It has been a year since we filed for the Aid and Attendance Pension Benefit for my Father-in-law, John. He is still comfortably situated in his assisted living apartment and receiving good health care from the staff. An important document that our...
by Laurie Ohall | Jun 9, 2011 | Estate Planning, Power of Attorney for Estate Planning
When one spouse suffers from dementia, the other spouse often must take over managing the couple’s finances, usually with the help of a power of attorney. But things don’t always go smoothly with financial institutions. Just ask Chicago resident Eva...
by Laurie Ohall | Jun 2, 2011 | Estate Planning
I write a lot about getting your estate planning affairs in order, but do you have your financial emergency plan in order? If you have a home disaster (and there have been a lot of natural disasters lately), do you have a plan in place? Here in Florida, as hurricane...
by Laurie Ohall | May 30, 2011 | End of Life Issues, Estate Planning, Florida Laws, Probate
A study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society in May of 1999 demonstrated that independently living seniors that have pets tend to have better physical health and mental well-being than those that don’t. They’re more active, cope better with...
