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How Can Funding a Trust Maximize Your Estate Plan in Florida?
How to Qualify for Medicaid in Florida
Family First Firm Makes the Inc. 5000 List for the Third Time
What is the timeline for approval?
Is it true you can still receive a pension while on Medicaid?
Can you receive a pension and disability at the same time?
I don’t have a copy of my discharge paperwork. Will that prohibit me from applying?
7 Medicaid Planning Strategies Every Floridians Should Know
Estate Planning for Parents in Florida: How To Talk With Your Parents About Making an Estate Plan
7 Common Myths About Medicaid in Florida
Navigate Aging with Dignity: Understanding Florida's Medicaid Waiver Program
Protect Your Legacy: Introducing the Family Fortress Trust!
Family First Firm Expands Its Winter Park, FL Team with 4 New Attorneys
Does Medicaid Cover Skilled Nursing Facilities in Florida?
Are Guardians Entitled To Compensation?
Can A Guardian Be Replaced?
Medicaid Strategies in Florida Explained!
Unlocking Medicaid Benefits for Home Care in Florida
Qualify for Medicaid in Florida & Save on Assisted Living
Medicare Myths Debunked!
Maximize Your Estate Plan with Proper Funding!
Does Medicaid Transfer from State to State?
How Do I Protect My Elderly Parents' Assets in Florida?
What Is a Medicaid Transfer Penalty? An Experienced Florida Medicaid Lawyer Explains
Family First Firm Welcomes New Chief Operating Officer, Jorge Colon
Does Medicaid Cover Memory Care in Florida?
Family First Firm Announces Its Relocation to Winter Park, Florida
End the Year Right: Your Checklist for Estate Planning in Florida
I Got Denied for Medicaid in Florida. What Should I Do Next?
My Parents Need Medicaid. How Can I Apply for Medicaid in Florida on Their Behalf?
Why It’s Never Too Early to Start Planning for Medicaid in Florida
Family First Firm Announces Achievement of the Inc. 5000 List for Second Time
Why Would Medicaid Be Denied? An Experienced Orlando, Florida Medicaid Lawyer Shares 7 Reasons Why
What Is a SLAT Trust? An Experienced Orlando Trust Attorney Explains
5 Key Qualities To Look For in an Asset Protection Attorney in Orlando, Florida
Managing Attorney Beth Roland Achieves Florida Elder Law Certification
How to Protect Your Assets from Medicaid in Florida
Florida Asset Protection Planning Guide: A Basic Overview
Establish a Secure Future: Understand How Estate Planning Benefits You
Orlando, FL Elder Law Attorney Releases Book on How to Pay for Long-Term Care
FAQs About Special Needs Planning
FAQs About Guardianship
FAQs About Probate
FAQs About Estate Administration
FAQs About Advance Directives
FAQs About Wills And Trusts
FAQs About Estate Planning
FAQs About Veteran Benefits
FAQs About Medicaid
FAQs About Asset Protection
FAQs About Elder Law
An Experienced Estate Planning Attorney Explains How to Establish a Trust in Florida
What Are The Steps For Probate in FL?
What Conditions Are Considered a Disability for Social Security Benefits in Florida?
Estate Planning: What Are the Benefits of Setting Up a Trust in Florida?
An Experienced FL Elder Law Attorney Answers the Most Frequently Asked Questions
Geoff Hoatson, Esq. of Family First Firm® Offers Free Estate Planning Webinar
Family First Firm Raises Donations for Oct. 8 Walk To End Alzheimer’s in Orlando
Everything You Need to Know About the Florida Medicaid Waiver Program
Do You Have to Update Your Estate Plan if Your Spouse Needs Medicaid? Orlando, FL Attorney Explains
What if Your Parent Can't Afford a Nursing Home and Doesn't Qualify for Medicaid? FL Lawyer Answers
Orlando Lawyer Explains How to Protect Your Children if Something Happens to You or Your Spouse
Orlando, FL Estate Planning Attorney Explains How a Special Needs Child Affects Your Estate Plan
Medicaid Eligibility Requirements
The 4 Biggest Mistakes People Make When Setting Up a Trust
Change Is Good: Family First Firm - Medicaid & Elder Law Attorneys Transformed for Growth
WESH2 - Estate Planning Amid COVID 19
WESH2 - Answering Questions About Elder Care
2021 Pro Bono Service Awards featuring Attorney Beth Roland
Estate plans are for everyone, not just the rich
Family First Firm - Medicaid & Elder Law Attorneys Ranks No. 2,571 on the 2021 Inc. 5000 List
Series on elder law will help seniors learn how to handle aging issues
VOTE NOW for 2022's Awesome Attorney Awards! Help Geoff get the recognition he deserves.
It's Official! Family First Firm - Medicaid & Elder Law Attorneys is one of the fastest growing law firms in the US!
CEO & Founder Geoff Hoatson featured in Florida Focus magazine
What does Medicaid cover?
Estate Planning Myth: Estate Planning Is Only For Wealthy People
Orlando, FL Medicaid Lawyer Discusses the Requirements for Qualifying for Medicaid
What does Medicaid pay for? Experienced Orlando, FL Medic Aid Attorney Answers
Orlando, FL Estate Planning Attorney Explains Mortgage Process After Your Death
Orlando, FL Estate Planning Attorney Explains What a Living Will Does
Orlando, FL Probate Attorney Explains Why You Want to Avoid Probate
Orlando Estate Planning Attorney Breaks Down the List of Documents Required in Addition to a Will
Orlando, FL, Estate Planning Attorney Explains Why You Need An Estate Plan
Orlando, FL Estate Planning Attorney Explains Why Joint Tenancy Is Not A Good Estate Plan
Do You Need a Will if You Don't Have Much Money? Orlando, FL Attorney Answers
Orlando, FL Family Law Attorney Explains How to Choose a Guardian for Your Minor Children
Are trusts only for wealthy people? Experienced Orlando, FL Attorney Clarifies Common Misconceptions
The Top 5 Ways Floridians Protect Their Life Savings
What can I do if my claim was denied?
When should I apply for benefits?
What’s the difference between SSDI and SSI?
Do I need an attorney for probate?
What if there is no will?
How can I plan to avoid or minimize probate?
What if someone only needs partial help?
How are guardians appointed?
Is a guardianship necessary?
The Hardest Question: Selecting A Guardian For Your Children
A Breakdown of Probate
Can My Parent Get Nursing Home Medicaid Without Losing Everything?
Protecting Your Children Through Estate Planning
Estate Planning Documents—Other Than Wills
What Happens To My Mortgage If I Pass Away?
How to Get Into a Nursing Home as a Medicaid Recipient
How Does the Medicaid Look-Back Period Work?
Single? You still need an estate plan
The Truth About Jointly Titled Assets & Wills
Four Provisions People Forget to Include in Their Estate Plan
Do I need to apply for guardianship when my child turns 18?
What is a special needs trust?
Do trust assets affect eligibility for SSI or Medicaid?
What to Do If You Want to Leave Your Children Unequal Inheritances
The Value of an Estate Plan
Social Security Offers Lump-Sum Payments to Some Beneficiaries
A Dementia Diagnosis’s Impact On Estate Planning
What is the difference between Medicaid and Medicare?
Will Medicaid cover nursing home costs?
Do I have to sell my home to qualify for Medicaid?
If I make a living trust, do I still need a will?
When should I review my existing will?
Do I need a power of attorney?
The Challenges (And Solutions) For Needing Long-term Care
Execute a Power of Attorney Before It's Too Late
May Someone With Dementia Sign a Will?
Which States Have Been Hardest Hit by the Nursing Home Staffing Crisis?
Happy National Elder Law Month!
The Dangers of Joint Bank Accounts
5 Estate Planning Myths
Understanding Revocable Living Trusts
What to Do If Your Medicaid Application Is Denied
Do I need a trust?
Why Small Business Owners Need an Estate Plan
When Can an Adult Child Be Liable for a Parent's Nursing Home Bill?
HOW TO: Prevent a Contested Will
When to Leave a Nursing Home and Move Back Home
Can My Family Inherit My Season Tickets?
Medicaid Protections for the Healthy Spouse
How Long Does an Executor’s Job Take?
Beware of Non-Lawyers Offering Medicaid Planning Advice
Claiming Social Security Benefits at Age 70
Medicaid’s “Snapshot” Date and Its Crucial Impact on a Couple’s Financial Picture
Four Steps You Can Take to Protect Your Digital Estate
What Is a Special Needs Trust?
Things to Remember at Tax Time
The Benefits of Including an LLC as Part of Your Estate Plan
Do Frequent Flier Miles Expire When You Do?
Rather Than End Controversial Medicare Initiative, Biden Gives It a Makeover
How Much Should a Trustee Be Compensated?
If You Don’t Want an IRA Distribution, You Can Donate It to Charity
What Documents Are Required for a Medicaid Application?
Medicare to Cover At-Home Covid Tests by 'Early Spring'
Why You May Need a Trust in Addition to a Power of Attorney
When a Social Security Recipient Dies, Survivors May Be Eligible for Benefits
What to Do About an Unwanted Inheritance
When Can Someone Be Declared Legally Incompetent?
Estate Planning in the Age of Stepfamilies
Just Say No: Declining to Act as an Agent Under a Power of Attorney
Worsening Nursing Home Staffing Crisis Taking a Devastating Toll on Residents, Their Families and Hospitals
Make Reviewing Your Estate Plan One of Your New Year's Resolutions
Can You Transfer Your Medicare and Medicaid Plans When You Move to Another State?
Activities of Daily Living Measure the Need for Long-Term Care Assistance
You Can ‘Cure’ a Medicaid Penalty Period by Returning a Gift
How Likely Are You to Need Long-Term Care?
A Way to Lock in the Current Estate Tax Exemption to Benefit Your Spouse
IRS Issues Long-Term Care Premium Deductibility Limits for 2022, and They Look Pretty Familiar
What to Do If You Are Appointed Guardian of an Older Adult
What It Means to Need ‘Nursing Home Level of Care’ for Medicaid Eligibility
Better Than No Loaf: Medicaid Planning Using "Half a Loaf" Strategies
Armed with a New Report, White House Pushes Congress to Reduce Prescription Drug Costs
In 2022, Social Security Beneficiaries Will See the Biggest Increase in 39 Years
COVID Vaccination Information Added to Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare Site
It’s Medicare Open Enrollment Time: Is Your Plan Still Working for You?
Passing on Assets Outside of Probate: PODs and TODs
Make Sure Your Estate Plan and Other Essential Documents Are Safe from Disasters
Online Survey Helps Older Adults Assess Their Financial Vulnerability
What Is a Fiduciary and What Are Its Obligations?
How Do I File for a Guardianship?
Can a Marriage Be Annulled After One Spouse’s Death?
Be Careful Not to Name Minors as Your Beneficiaries
Non-Borrowing Spouses of Reverse Mortgage Holders Receive Expanded Protections
Thousands of Elderly and Disabled SSI Recipients Accused of Owning Property That Isn’t Theirs
Britney Spears Case Puts Renewed Focus on Guardianships and Less Restrictive Alternatives
You May Be Overestimating Your Social Security Benefits
Dual Eligibility: How Qualifying for Both Medicare and Medicaid Can Help With Costs
Passing Assets to Grandchildren Through a Generation-Skipping Trust
How You Can End Up in Medicare’s Donut Hole, and How You Get Out
Court Case Illustrates the Danger of Using an Online Power of Attorney Form
The Vacation Home: Uniting the Family or Tearing It Apart?
IRS Announces That Face Masks and Related Purchases Are Tax-Deductible
Why an Irrevocable Trust May Be Superior to Gifting
How the $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill Aids Seniors
‘I Care a Lot’ Highlights Vulnerabilities in the Guardianship System
What to Do With Your Stimulus Check if You Are in a Nursing Home
Using Estate Planning to Prepare for Medicaid
What is Long-Term Care and Who Provides It?
The Attorney's Role in Medicaid Planning
Five Reasons to Have a Will
Gifts to Grandchildren
Don’t Forget to Fund Your Revocable Trust
8 Tips for Having 'The Talk' with Elderly Parents
The Ins and Outs of Guardianship and Conservatorship
The Do's and Don'ts of Storing Your Estate Planning Documents
3 Changes You May Want to Make to Your Estate Plan Now Due to the Pandemic
Special Ownership for Married Couples: Tenancy by the Entirety
Staying Connected to Family Members in a Nursing Home When Visits are Banned
Yes, You Can Receive Unemployment and Social Security at the Same Time
How Your Stimulus Check Affects Medicaid Eligibility
When Inheriting Real Estate, Consider Your Options
New Law Makes Big Changes to Retirement Plans
Caregivers Are Getting Younger, Making Planning for Long-Term Care Even More Important
Feds Release 2020 Guidelines Used to Protect the Spouses of Medicaid Applicants
Medicaid's Power to Recoup Benefits Paid: Estate Recovery and Liens
Four Reasons You Need to Plan Now
Medicaid's Asset Transfer Rules
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Will My Advance Directive Work in Another State?
What is Guardianship and Why is Everyone Talking About it?
Annuities and Medicaid Planning
What Happens to Your Debts When You Die?
Tips on Creating an Estate Plan that Benefits a Child with Special Needs
How Do I Pay for Long Term Care?
What's a Health Care Proxy and Why Do I Need One?
Why Estate Planning is for Everyone
If You Haven’t Been Regularly Reviewing Your Estate Plan, Start When You Hit 60
Estate Planning and Retirement Considerations for Late-in-Life Parents
How to Handle Sibling Disputes Over a Power of Attorney
Getting Paid as a Family Caregiver Through Medicaid
Costs of New Long-Term Care Insurance Policies Vary Considerably
Florida Eliminates Medicaid Retroactive Eligibility. What could this mean for you?
Why hire an Attorney for your Deed?
2019 Guidelines Used to Protect the Spouses of Medicaid Applicants
No Reimbursement for Medicaid Recipient's Out-Of-Pocket Home Health Aide Expenses
Medicaid's Benefits for Assisted Living Facility Residents
Happy Hanukkah!
Get The Benefits You Deserve As A Veteran
For First Time, Median Cost of Private Nursing Home Room Hits Six Figures in Annual Survey
2019 Will Bring Social Security Beneficiaries the Biggest Increase in Eight Years
Warning of Unlicensed Practice of Law in Medicaid Planning
VA Benefits - Important Update
Policyholder Has Claim Against Long-Term Care Insurer That Did Not Notify of Pending Lapse
State Is Not Required to Divert Medicaid Beneficiary's Income to Pay Guardianship Fees
Problems With Guardianship System Is Focus of John Oliver Show
New Brokerage Account Safeguards Aim to Protect Seniors From Financial Scams
More States Asking to Eliminate Retroactive Medicaid Benefits
Proving that a Transfer Was Not Made in Order to Qualify for Medicaid
Tailoring a Will and Power of Attorney for Multiple States
Choosing Retirement Account Beneficiaries Requires Some Thought
New Federal Law Puts Focus on Preventing Elder Abuse
A Guidebook to Planning for Old Age
Estate Planning and Retirement Considerations for Late-in-Life Parents
Costs of Some New Long-Term Care Insurance Policies Going Down in 2018
You Can Give Away More Tax Free in 2018
Three Reasons Why Giving Your House to Your Children Isn't the Best Way to Protect It From Medicaid
What to Do When a Loved One Passes Away
New Yorker Article Highlights Abuses in the Guardianship System
Use Your Will to Dictate How to Pay Your Debts
Nursing Home Costs Rise Sharply in 2017
Be Aware of the Kiddie Tax Before Leaving an IRA to Children
Why You Should Use a Lawyer for Medicaid Planning?
It’s August, So It Must Be Make-a-Will Month!
How Medicare and Employer Coverage Coordinate
Take These Three Steps When Your Child Turns 18
Are Trusts Still Useful If the Estate Tax Is Repealed?
What Is a Life Estate?
Long-Term Care Coverage for Veterans
VA Eliminates Net Worth Requirement for Health Care
The Need for Medicaid Planning
Four Provisions People Forget to Include in Their Estate Plan
Senior Placement Agencies - Scam or Genuine?
Preventing a Will Contest
5 Strategies for Gifting to Your Grandkids
Long-Term Care Costs on the Rise
Save Money on Your Taxes by Deducting Your Long-Term Care Premiums!
To-do in 2017 - Review Your Plan!
10 Best Elder Attorneys - Client Satisfaction
The Future of Long Term Care & How to Finance It
Underestimating the Risk of Disability – The Importance of Being Prepared
How to Avoid An Unnecessary Income Tax Time Bomb in Your Estate Planning Documents
The Many Faces of Dementia
Top 10 Benefits of a Comprehensive Power of Attorney
Why You Should Consider Long Term Care Planning
Creating Your Incapacity Plan: Part 2
How Will the 2015 Supreme Court Decisions Affect You?
Creating Your Incapacity Plan: Part 1
Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples
Shocking Truth About Asset Protection
How to Easily Integrate Asset Protection Trusts into Your Estate Plan
Seven Trust-Based Asset Protection Strategies for You and Your Family
Liability Planning Tips for Physicians That You Can Use Too
IRA's Fair Game in Bankruptcy
7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Gifting Grandchildren
4 Essential Skills Children Need to Have Before They Inherit
Robin Williams: A Life and Legacy for His Family
Introducing the Family First Firm!
Your Memorial Should Be More Than Just Money!
The Wealth Creation Trust: A Gift that Keeps on Giving!
On a Vacation? It's a Perfect Time to Talk About Estate Planning
What's Changed in Your Life?
Philip Seymour Hoffman's Will is a Cautionary Tale
5 Fast & Furious Estate Planning Lessons from Paul Walker’s Estate
How to Protect Life Insurance Proceeds from Taxation
Start the New Year Off Right by Protecting Your Loved Ones!
Att. Geoff Hoatson Honored with 2013 Avvo Clients' Choice Award
Give Your Ex Everything!? Updating Estate Planning Docs After Divorce
Powers of Attorney, Healthcare Surrogates, & Living Wills - OH MY!
Prenuptial Agreements - A Surefire Way to Kill Romance?
National Make-A-Will Month
The Future of Alimony: Should You Be Scared?
Why You Want to Avoid Probate
How a Revocable Trust Can Protect Your Assets and Family

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