by Allison DePaola | May 3, 2019 | Connecticut Estate Planning Attorney Blog, Estate Planning
Most people feel strongly that they want to control who may access their assets and what happens to their assets while they are alive; they limit who may view bank accounts, write checks, make investment decisions, or other important financial decisions. After all...
by Allison DePaola | Jan 3, 2019 | Connecticut Estate Planning Attorney Blog, Medicaid and Long Term Care, Wills & Estate Planning
Estate and Gift Tax: The federal lifetime exemption for property passing to non-spouse beneficiaries has been increased to $11,400,000.00. The Connecticut lifetime exemption for property passing to non-spouse beneficiaries has been increased to $3,600,000.00. There is...
by Allison DePaola | Dec 9, 2018 | Connecticut Estate Planning Attorney Blog, Long Term Care Issues, Medicaid and Long Term Care, Veterans
In November of 2018, we wrote about the new VA Pension Benefit Rules that are now in place as of October 18, 2018. As stated in our last article, these new rules are designed to make it much clearer for claimants to understand the financial eligibility rules when...
by Allison DePaola | Nov 12, 2018 | Connecticut Estate Planning Attorney Blog, Long Term Care Issues, Medicaid and Long Term Care
As of October 18, 2018, the new VA Pension Benefit Rules are now in place. These new rules make it much clearer for claimants to understand the financial eligibility rules when applying for the VA benefit, specifically the VA Aid and Attendance Benefit, that assists...
by Allison DePaola | Oct 30, 2018 | Connecticut Estate Planning Attorney Blog
Allison DePaola-Drozd and Nicole Camporeale have again been named to the 2018 New England Super Lawyers Rising Stars list! Nicole has made the Rising Stars list for the second year in a row. Allison has been named to the Rising Stars list consecutively since 2015....
by Allison DePaola | Oct 18, 2018 | Connecticut Estate Planning Attorney Blog, Long Term Care Issues, Medicaid and Long Term Care, Veterans
Effective as of October 18, 2018, the VA has made changes to the Pension Benefit Rules in an effort to “maintain the integrity of the pension program.” These changes will impact Veterans and their surviving spouse’s eligibility for the VA Pension and the Veteran’s Aid...
