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Compassionate, capable legal services for seniors and their families.
 
Lynn St. Louis Law Office PLLC provides elder law and estate planning services. Elder law focuses on the needs of seniors and their families. It encompasses estate planning, but goes beyond the realm of traditional estate planning to address the legal and social issues affecting seniors, the disabled, and vulnerable adults.

Long-term care concerns are often the focus of someone seeking elder law services. Elder law attorneys can help seniors and their families navigate through the complex legal and social issues that arise when a loved one is in need of long-term care. An elder law attorney is knowledgeable and may assist you in:

1.      Protecting your assets for your spouse and your family when you need  at-  home, assisted living, or nursing home care.
2.        Obtaining Medicaid long-term care benefits.
3.        Finding and keeping appropriate long-term care services.
 
Elder law attorneys also provide legal counsel and guidance for those individuals with special needs. Special Needs Trusts allow a disabled person who is receiving government benefits through SSI or Medicaid to preserve those benefits, yet allow for additional funds to be set aside in a trust for their benefit.
 
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Medicaid Long-Term Care Benefits

Seniors and their families are greatly affected by the cost of long-term care.  Our Elder Law firm will guide you in finding, keeping, and paying for Long-Term Care. The demands of caring for a loved one in need of Long-Term Care can be overwhelming. We can assist you to navigate through the challenges you face and to ensure that your loved one is receiving quality care while preserving assets.

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REVOCABLE LIVING TRUSTS CAN HURT!

If you listen to financial guru, Suze Orman, or other proponents of Revocable Living Trusts, you probably think you must have a Revocable Living Trust. Maybe in California, but not here in Washington!  

In fact, using a Revocable Living Trust can be extremely detrimental, especially where long-term care is concerned. In Washington the only way spouses can protect assets from Medicaid for the benefit of the surviving spouse is through a Will that contains a Supplemental Needs Trust. The Supplemental Needs Trust is a testamentary trust, not a living trust. When it comes to long-term care planning, spouses using a Revocable Living Trust lose the most useful asset protection tool available!

Protect yourself and your assets. Long-term care planning and Medicaid Asset Preservation Strategies are our focus at Lynn St. Louis Law Office. Contact us at info@spokaneelderlaw.com or 509.468.0551.

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LATEST NEWS

The Important of Congress Restoring Funding to the 618 Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs)

Recognizing the personal importance of seniors to remain in their homes and communities as long as possible, the Area Agencies on Aging relies upon federal funding to provide necessary services to seniors to accomplish their mission.


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Legal Services We Provide

Estate Planning
Probate
Special Needs Trust
• Medicaid Asset Preservation


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