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Elder Law

Welcome to Manasota Elder Law’s YouTube Channel

As of May 1, 2020, the Law Offices of Cynthia M. Clark is changing its name to Manasota Elder Law. Since it is the 21st century, in addition to written blog articles, we’ll also be posting (very!) informal vlogs – video blogs. At some point, ...
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Estate Planning

Creating an End-of-Life Checklist

An End-of-Life Checklist can avoid any confusion or questions that may arise among different family members.
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Elder Law

Bored? Review Your Estate Plan

Many of you reading this are sitting at home with time on your hands. You can only watch so much Netflix, so perhaps now is a good time to dig your estate planning documents out of the drawer or safe and read them. As this ...
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Estate Planning

Estate Planning: Writing Your Own Obituary

An obituary can be much more than just a dry announcement of the time and location of your funeral or memorial service. It can be a way to share your life story, and communicate information about significant events and people, as well as important values ...
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Estate Planning

College Kids Need Estate Planning,Too

If you have children or grandchildren in college or heading to college in the fall, there’s one more thing they need before they leave for school – estate planning documents. As this recent article states, at their age, a Will is far less important than ...
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Estate Planning

Common Myths about Your Estate When You Die

Regardless of whether the law makes sense to us, we are all required to abide by it.
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Elder Law

Tax Implications of a Medicaid Personal Service Contract

Personal services contracts are very popular in long-term care planning – especially when Medicaid benefits are sought. But they may not be the best solution. Long-term care in a nursing home (also called a rehabilitation center) is expensive. Many people who are receiving or will ...
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Estate Planning

To Probate or Not to Probate?

Everyone dies with one of three estate plans. Some die with a Last Will and Testament (Will), others die with a fully funded revocable living trust (RLT), while still others die with neither a Will nor a RLT. The purpose of this brief article is ...
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Estate Planning

Have an IRA? The CARES Act of 2020 Impacts You

The CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act of 2020 was signed into law by the President on March 27th. Several provisions of the legislation impact IRA and employer-retirement plans. This is just a high-level overview of just a few of these provisions; be ...
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Elder Law

Can Multi-Generational Living Arrangements Work for Families?

When a daughter travels great distances to assure her mother is well or a son visits so often with his father that each of them figures it might be easier if they simply joined households, it might be time to begin to question whether a ...
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You wonder whether your granddaughter will think of you fondly when you’re not around anymore.

You want to make sure someone will love and care for your dog, horse, or parrot when you can’t.

Your spouse doesn’t share your love for guns, and you fear your collection could be sold for almost nothing – or even destroyed – instead of being passed on to your children or others who share your passion.

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