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View Article  Use of a Life Estate Should be Rare - Part 1
Saving the family home from the high cost of nursing homes and other long term care expenses is high on the set of priorities of most middle-class seniors. Elder law attorneys have educated clients on the various solutions to this ...   more »
View Article  Use of a Life Estate Should be Rare - Part 2
Life Estate Benefits A transfer of real property by deed with a retained life estate can protect the property from having to be consiered an available asset when seeking Medicaid coverage of long term care expenses. Subject to the look-back ...   more »
View Article  Use of a Life Estate Should be Rare - Part 3
SELLING THE HOUSE The problem with a life estate is that it can lead to disastrous consequences when the house is sold during the life of the life tenant.

Assuming that there is no concern with the need to obtain ...   more »
View Article  Use of a Life Estate Should be Rare - Part 4
The Medicaid ramifications must also be considered when using a Life Estate. If the life tenant is not on Medicaid, then in the case we have been discussing in previous newsfaxes, 50 percent of the sales proceeds will be returned ...   more »
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