Estate and Medicaid Planning

Comprehensive Estate and Medicaid Services

Whether you’re a senior citizen yourself or the child of an aging parent, it’s crucial to pursue the necessary legal services for estate and Medicaid planning.

Duggan Law Offices offers comprehensive estate planning services to help Massachusetts families secure their loved ones’ futures while protecting their assets. For a FREE consultation fill out our form or call (508) 699-7100.

Serving Seniors and Caregivers For:

Here are just a few of the many services we provide for seniors and caregivers:

Powers of Attorney 

Appointing a trusted individual as your Durable Power of Attorney designates him or her to make decisions for you if you become disabled physically or mentally. At Duggan, we specialize in helping clients select Durable Powers of Attorney and create binding legal agreements.

Healthcare Proxies 

A crucial document for seniors, a healthcare proxy designates a trusted person to make healthcare decisions for you when you cannot make them for yourself due to physical or mental incapacity.

Wills  

A will enables you to direct how your property and assets will be distributed upon your death. At Duggan Law Offices, we help our clients create thorough and detailed wills and appoint persons they can trust to manage their estates and ensure property and assets are passed down to the intended beneficiaries.

Medicaid Planning 

Duggan Law Offices works with people who are interested in protecting their assets from the rising costs of nursing home care. To that end, we encourage clients to take steps toward planning for temporary or permanent residences in nursing homes and other health facilities. Additionally, we help them provide support for spouses who continue to live in the marital home through careful asset management.

Caregiver Contracts 

Caregiver contracts allow children to provide care for their elderly or ailing parents without paying for a nursing home or assisted living facility. The parent arranges to pay a child for providing care, rather than paying a nursing home.

Trusts   

A trust is a vehicle that allows a client to provide for loved ones while he or she is living or after death. In many cases, creating a trust offers both tax and Medicaid benefits.

Probate 

At Duggan, we represent clients who are appointed executors or beneficiaries of loved ones’ estates. Along with assisting executors through the complexities of the probate court system, we help you ensure your family member’s wishes are carried out as desired.

Guardianships and Conservatorships

The time may come when your family needs to establish guardianship or conservatorship to protect the health and assets of a loved one. At Duggan, we represent families in securing the approval of the court to establish the proper vehicle to protect loved ones.