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Janna Dutton & Associates, P.C.
Attorneys at Law
One North LaSalle Street
Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60602
312-899-0950
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This
Month's Articles:
· Things to Remember
at Tax Time
· Nursing Home
Assessed Damages for Failing to Honor Patient's Living Will
· Review: How to
Protect Your Family's Assets from Devastating Nursing Home Costs:
Medicaid Secrets
· Retirement Home
Resident Fights Move to Increased Level of Care
· States Go After
Living Trust Scams
· Why Plan Your
Estate?
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Things to Remember at Tax Time
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April
17th is approaching and it is time to begin crossing T's and dotting I's
in preparation for paying taxes. As tax time draws near, you want to make
sure you file all the proper forms and take all deductions you're
entitled to.
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Nursing Home Assessed Damages for Failing to Honor
Patient's Living Will
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A
Florida jury has found that in trying to keep a 92-year-old Alzheimer's
patient alive, a nursing home failed to honor the patient's living will,
and was ordered to pay $150,000 in damages.
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Review: How to Protect Your Family's Assets from
Devastating Nursing Home Costs: Medicaid Secrets
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 Nursing
home costs are expensive and keep going up. While not presuming to take
the place of an attorney, this book provides information on qualifying
for Medicaid to pay long-term care costs, giving readers a broad overview
and ideas to bring to their attorneys.
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Retirement Home Resident Fights Move to Increased
Level of Care
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An
88-year-old California widow is challenging an attempt by her continuing
care retirement community (CCRC) to move her from her private apartment
to an assisted living unit. If she is successful, the outcome could set a
legal precedent for more than 5 million Americans living in retirement
communities, CCRCs, and assisted living facilities.
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States Go After Living Trust Scams
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On
March 7, 2007, Minnesota's attorney general became the third attorney
general to file suit against two California companies, American Family
Legal Plan (AFLP) and Heritage Marketing and Insurance Services, run by
the same family that allegedly sold inappropriate living trusts and
annuities to seniors. Last year, state attorneys general in Pennsylvania
and North Carolina filed suit against the same companies.
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Why Plan Your Estate?
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No
one likes to dwell on the prospect of his or her own death, but if you
postpone planning for your demise until it is too late, you run the risk
that your intended beneficiaries -- those you love the most -- may not
receive what you would want them to receive.
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