Setting Up Your Estate When You Have A Child With Special Needs

Posted on: 16 November 2016

When you have a disabled heir, how you set up your estate can make a big difference. If you are leaving enough money to care for the individual for the rest of their life, they won't need other benefits. If the sum is more modest, it's important to protect the individual's right to continue receiving benefits. A person living on Medicaid can have this coverage removed if they inherit money and have more than $2,000 in the bank at one time.
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Why It's In Your Best Interest To Call The Police In Case Of A Road Accident

Posted on: 8 November 2016

The severity of an accident and your state's laws determine whether you need to call the police after a car crash. However, calling the police isn't just a gimmick for satisfying state laws; there are real benefits you stand to enjoy too. Here are some of the benefits you stand to enjoy when the police arrive at your accident scene: Generation of a Factual Report When the police arrive at an accident scene, they use the facts on the ground to generate an accident report.
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Trapped In An Endless Cycle With An Online Payday Lender? An Attorney May Be Able To Help

Posted on: 19 October 2016

If you were in a moment of crisis where you needed money and you turned to an online payday lender for help, there's a good chance that you stepped into a web that's designed to trap people just like you: desperate enough to be unwary. If you're now in a cycle of non-stop payday loans with extensions that have cost you hundreds or thousands of dollars—far more than the original loan—learn how an attorney can help.
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Can You Justify A Refusal To Follow Medical Advice And Still Get Social Security Disability Benefits?

Posted on: 29 September 2016

What happens to your Social Security disability claim if you don't follow your doctor's recommended course of treatment? Depending on the circumstances, it might not even matter. If the treatment would only somewhat ease your symptoms but not restore your ability to work, you don't have to justify your decision to refuse treatment to SSA. On the other hand, if there's a good possibility that the treatment could cure your condition or restore your ability to work, SSA will only treat certain reasons for refusal as justifiable.
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