Elder Law is an area of legal practice that specializes on issues that affect the aging population. The purpose of elder law planning is to prepare the elderly person for financial freedom and autonomy through proper financial planning and long-term care options. At The Brancheau Law Firm we use a variety of legal tools and techniques that specifically meet the goals and objectives of the older client. We take aholistic approach to legal advice, taking into consideration the key issues facing seniors, such as housing, financial well-being, health and long-term care, and autonomy/quality of life.  Our services include helping our clients with:

​

​

• Preservation/transfer of assets seeking to avoid spousal impoverishment when a spouse enters a nursing home

• Pre-Medicaid planning

• Disability planning, including use of durable powers of attorney, living trusts, "living wills," for financial management      and health care decisions, and other means of delegating management and decision-making to another in case of          incompetency or incapacity

• Conservatorships and guardianships

• Estate planning, including planning for the management of one's estate during life and its disposition on death                 through the use of trusts, wills, and other planning documents

• Probate

• Administration and management of trusts and estates

 

 

​