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July 24, 2026
Phil Runyon discusses when revocable or irrevocable trusts may be appropriate, including probate avoidance, beneficiary planning, creditor protection, Medicaid eligibility, and asset protection trusts.
February 10, 2026
Medicaid Planning and Long-Term Care Options for New Hampshire Families Greetings again, everyone! This is my final summer offering, so I'm going to give you so...
March 15, 2018
A Modest Proposal Many of you have already taken the suggestion to convey your assets to revocable trusts to help your family avoid the winter (spring, summer a...
October 12, 2017
LTC and TLC Considerations It turns out that most people aren't as worried about climate change or whether Twitter will go to 280 characters as they are about s...
March 2, 2016
Peering Over the Horizon My wife and I were just in Cuba and spent much of the trip admiring those beautiful '50's cars of our youth. However, with no seat belt...
January 25, 2016
Another Planning Resolution In addition to resolving to being nicer people this year, let's also resolve to keep our planning documents in good order - and let'...
August 12, 2014
Joint Tenancies Redux I've written already about the use of **joint tenancies** to help avoid probate. If one of the JTs dies, the other becomes the sole owner...
October 11, 2013
Medicaid Untangled Trying to untangle the knot of myths and confusion about the Medicaid program is a daunting task, and it requires a huge disclaimer: There's...
May 21, 2012
Too Good to be True? First a disclaimer: I'm certainly not in favor of people evading their legal obligations! Having said that, I'll also state that much of wh...
March 16, 2012
Long Term Care Insurance Attorneys who do estate planning are often asked how to structure their clients' affairs so their assets aren't all taken to pay nursin...
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