Yoni Markhoff

March 1, 2022

Second Home and Medicaid Eligibility

How does owning a second home affect Medicaid Eligibility in Florida?   When determining your Medicaid eligibility benefits in Florida, the state takes an inventory of […]
March 1, 2022

Medicaid Pit Falls

Many seniors would rather stay at home instead of entering a nursing home. As such, many of those seniors employ home health aides to help with […]
March 1, 2022

Spousal Refusal in Medicaid Planning

Spousal Refusal is a Medicaid Planning tool that Elder Law Attorneys use for their married clients. Essentially, the Medicaid spouse transfers all of the his/her assets […]
March 1, 2022

Estate Planning Gone Wrong

A Revocable Living Trust is often used to complement a Will. Rather than only having a Will, the Revocable Trust generally avoids the expensive and costly […]
March 1, 2022

Low Cost Medicaid Applications

Recently a potential client became a client due to a Medicaid Application non lawyer company. These companies are not attorneys, and can not provide legal advice; […]
March 1, 2022

Alzheimer Association Presentation

I recently presented to a group of caregivers at the Annual Alzheimer Association Conference at FIU in Miami. I learned a couple of things. Chief among […]
March 1, 2022

Common Estate Planning Mistakes

An approximately$30 trillion transfer of wealthis currently under way in the U.S. as aging baby boomers pass their assets to successive generations. This transfer, together with […]
March 1, 2022

Joint Accounts

Joint bank accounts are usually done as a means of DIY Estate Planning. The adult child places themselves on the parents account as a technique to […]
March 1, 2022

Personal Injury and Medicaid/SSI

Personal Injury settlements could be a little difficult. The difficulty is that while the IRS does not recognize the settlement for tax purposes as income, Medicaid does […]