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Free 5 Step Guide on How to Protect Your Home From the Nursing Home

Jun 12, 20201 min read

Free 5 Step Guide on How to Protect Your Home From the Nursing Home

Concerned about the high cost of nursing home care for you or a loved one? Enter your email at the link below and your Free 5 Step Guide on

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How Can My Mother Avoid Losing Her House to the Nursing Home?

Thomas B. Burton

Apr 21, 20202 min read

How Can My Mother Avoid Losing Her House to the Nursing Home?

Attorney Thomas B. Burton answers a reader question about how their mother can avoid losing her house to the nursing home.

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Mother Had Left me 50% of Her Home But Was Sold for Her Care. Am I Left With Nothing?

Thomas B. Burton

Oct 10, 20192 min read

Mother Had Left me 50% of Her Home But Was Sold for Her Care. Am I Left With Nothing?

Attorney Thomas B. Burton answers a reader question involving estate planning and long term nursing home care where the mother's home was so

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Can I Be Held Responsible for my Father's Nursing Home Bills in the State of Wisconsin?

Thomas B. Burton

Jul 17, 20192 min read

Can I Be Held Responsible for my Father's Nursing Home Bills in the State of Wisconsin?

Attorney Thomas B. Burton answers a reader question about whether the questioner will be held responsible for his father's medical bills and

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Whose Name Should Be on Insurance Policy for House if Parent Put Child's Name on the Deed?

Thomas B. Burton

May 29, 20192 min read

Whose Name Should Be on Insurance Policy for House if Parent Put Child's Name on the Deed?

Attorney Thomas B. Burton answers a reader question about whose name should be on the homeowner's insurance policy for a house when a parent

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Q&A Series: Who is Legal Owner of a Property That Has a Quit Claim Deed On It with a Legal Life

Thomas B. Burton

Dec 17, 20181 min read

Q&A Series: Who is Legal Owner of a Property That Has a Quit Claim Deed On It with a Legal Life

Below is a recent question I answered on Avvo.com #LifeEstate #RealProperty #WisconsinLaw #WisconsinLifeEstate #EstatePlanningAttorney...

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Q&A Series: What Happens To Land Sold for $1 to Me if My Brother Goes Into Nursing Home?

Thomas B. Burton

Nov 26, 20181 min read

Q&A Series: What Happens To Land Sold for $1 to Me if My Brother Goes Into Nursing Home?

#MedicaidPlanning #NursingHomePlanning #RealEstate #Divestment #EauClaire #Wisconsin #EauClaireAttorney #ChippewaFallsWisconsin...

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Q&A Series: Can a Creditor Put a Lien on our Mother's House with Siblings Name also on the D

Thomas B. Burton

Oct 22, 20181 min read

Q&A Series: Can a Creditor Put a Lien on our Mother's House with Siblings Name also on the D

#Deed #RealEstate #Creditor #MedicaidPlanning #RealProperty #WisconsinRealEstateLaw

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Q&A Series: Why Would Anyone Use an Irrevocable Trust as Part of Their Estate Plan?

Thomas B. Burton

Sep 25, 20181 min read

Q&A Series: Why Would Anyone Use an Irrevocable Trust as Part of Their Estate Plan?

#IrrevocableTrust #IrrevocableMedicaidTrust #TrustPlanning #QASeries #MedicaidPlanning #WisconsinAttorney #WisconsinEstatePlanning

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Q&A Series: Will My Long Term Care Policy Be Negated if I Move Into an Assisted Living Facility?

Thomas B. Burton

Sep 7, 20181 min read

Q&A Series: Will My Long Term Care Policy Be Negated if I Move Into an Assisted Living Facility?

This is not legal advice nor intended to create an attorney-client relationship. The information provided here is informational in nature...

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Why You Shouldn't Deed Your Home to Your Children

Thomas B. Burton

Aug 29, 20182 min read

Why You Shouldn't Deed Your Home to Your Children

Attorney Thomas B. Burton discusses some of the pitfalls to transferring your home to your children during your lifetime. Attorney Burton...

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Q&A Series: How Does Sale of Property Work When There is a Life Estate Reserved to Father in Nur

Thomas B. Burton

Aug 14, 20182 min read

Q&A Series: How Does Sale of Property Work When There is a Life Estate Reserved to Father in Nur

Below is a recent question I responded to regarding using life estates in Medicaid planning, and how the sale of the proceeds is divided...

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Q&A Series: Will a Nursing Home Come After the Owners' Personal Assets?

Thomas B. Burton

Jul 27, 20182 min read

Q&A Series: Will a Nursing Home Come After the Owners' Personal Assets?

Here is a recent consumer question I answered on Avvo.com regarding the 60 month Medicaid look back period and the penalty for gifts made...

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Q&A Series: My Mom and Dad Want Me to Get the House They Own. Can I Put My Name on the Deed and

Thomas B. Burton

Jul 3, 20182 min read

Q&A Series: My Mom and Dad Want Me to Get the House They Own. Can I Put My Name on the Deed and

I often respond to questions related to my firm's practice areas…wills, trusts, estate planning, business law, and real estate...on...

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What is a Financial Power of Attorney and Why Should I Have One?

Thomas B. Burton

Feb 24, 20181 min read

What is a Financial Power of Attorney and Why Should I Have One?

Attorney Thomas B. Burton explains what a Financial Power of Attorney Document is used for and why it is important to have one as part of...

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Why You Might Want to Keep a Wisconsin Revocable Living Trust Formed Before August 1, 2014

Thomas B. Burton

Jan 22, 20181 min read

Why You Might Want to Keep a Wisconsin Revocable Living Trust Formed Before August 1, 2014

Attorney Thomas B. Burton discusses why you should consider keeping a Revocable Living Trust that was formed before August 1, 2014 for...

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