How To Avoid Capital Gains Taxes When Selling Your Home
FALSE FACTS FRIDAY Issue 9: “If I Sell My Home, I Have to Reinvest in a More Expensive Home to Avoid Taxes” As a lawyer who is passionate about educating…
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Joan Reed Wilson Esq. - Managing Partner
Practices in the areas of estate planning, elder law, Medicaid planning, conservatorships, probate and trust administration, and real estate. Admitted to practice in the States of Connecticut and California, she is the Vice President of the CT Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), an active member of the Elder Law Section of the Connecticut Bar Association, accredited with the PLAN of CT for Pooled Trusts, with the Veteran’s Administration to assist clients with obtaining Aid & Attendance benefits for long-term care needs and with the Agency on Aging’s CareLink Network.
Do You Sign a DNR With Your Lawyer?
What is a DNR? “DNR” stands for Do Not Resuscitate and means that if you stop breathing, you will not be resuscitated. Most, otherwise healthy people, would want to be…
Can You Choose Your Own Probate Attorney?
In the past week, we have received calls from two different clients whom we had helped in the past. Each of them called because they were in the process of…
Medicare Savings Programs Threatened Again
The Fall of 2017 brought uncertainty to the Medicare Savings Programs (MSP) in Connecticut when they were unexpectedly slashed by the state budget. After several months of negotiations, a bipartisan…
Does a Surviving Spouse Have To File An Estate Tax Return?
Will You Owe Taxes On Your Spouse’s Estate? Currently, the estate tax exemption in Connecticut is $9.1 million per person. So although an Estate Tax Return must be filed for…
Ten Timely Tips To Avoid Family Squabbles
In our estate planning, probate, and elder law practice here at Reed Wilson Case we often see family squabbles that erupt because of unmet expectations. Many of these expectations involve…