Online resource center to help you explore these key issues, and others, regarding your estate.
Mr. Miller has many years of experience in designing and implementing a comprehensive variety of Trusts, Wills, and other estate planning documents, as well as settling estates in the most expedient and appropriate method. Further, he counsels and assists clients on becoming eligible for VA benefits and Medi-Cal.
Learn moreMr. Miller has been active in the area of VA Pension and Medi-Cal for well over a decade. He uses various specialized types of Trusts as well as non-trust strategies to gain eligibility for his clients and save the family money.
Learn moreMr. Miller has been settling estates (both simple and complex) for well over 40 years. The starting point is always to create a strategy to settle the estate in the most efficient manner possible with a minimum of taxes. Often times the strategy created allows the family to bypass Probate Court proceedings.
Learn moreOne of the top reasons many people put off estate planning is because they do not believe they are old enough to begin worrying about what will happen upon their deaths. People who are relatively young, healthy, and in good shape would rather not concern themselves with who will take care of their children upon … Read more
The Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA), which administers a litany of VA benefits, including the Aid & Attendance Non-Service Connected Disability Pension to veterans has been plagued by persistent backlogs throughout the Obama administration. Despite significant efforts to curb the backlog, it is increasingly worse and even worse than the VA assets. According to the … Read more
In recent years, aging individuals have more and more options for how to live, depending on their healthcare needs, social desires, financial health, and other factors. However, when communities are targeting the older population to become residents, should the community be obligated to provide emergency care to its residents? The question was raised by a … Read more
Even when beneficiaries want to agree to a certain allocation of assets, it is often very difficult to actually put the agreement into effect. This is especially true when the agreement is contrary to the rules of intestate succession (i.e. who inherits when there is no Will or Trust) or terms of the decedent’s Will … Read more
March is perhaps best known for the college sports frenzy known as March Madness (the NCAA basketball tournament). However, every year March also features another kind of “rebound.” The spring real estate selling season begins as winter doldrums come to an end. Combined with the general upward trend of real estate pricing, increasing numbers of … Read more
About Living Trusts is hosted by the Law Offices of Merwyn J. Miller, as your online resource center to help you explore these key issues, and others, regarding your estate.
Dear Mr. Miller: My husband and I recently completed our estate planning. We now have a Living Trust, Wills, Powers of Attorney and other documents. O...
Dear Mr. Miller: My mother is 82 and still lives alone. Over the last year, she has become noticeably more forgetful. She repeats stories, sometimes f...
Dear Mr. Miller: My mother passed away recently, and I have been named the Successor Trustee of her trust. I expected to be sad after losing her, but ...
