Knutson Law Firm

California’s Medi-Cal Program and In-Home Care: An Arcane Process for a Bygone Era

Healthcare is one of the most important, complicated, and difficult issues in modern American life. In working with families to help the mentally disabled and elderly qualify for health insurance, maximize the benefits of that insurance, and defend their rights to full coverage and against discrimination in the provision of insurance in court if necessary, I often come across suffering and hardship. Even with the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA)...

Social Security Disability for Persons with Mental and/or Cognitive Disabilities: A Legal Battle at Every Turn

Social Security Disability benefits are a lifeline for many persons with mental and physical disabilities. For those with cognitive disabilities and other mental healthcare needs, Social Security Disability benefits paired and coordinated with a power of attorney for finances, an advance healthcare directive, and in some cases a conservatorship can mean the difference between a cognitively impaired person leading a comfortable life or living on the fringes of poverty.

Will Contests and the Law: An Old Problem With a Costly Procedure

Practitioners of estate planning and probate proceedings have long endeavored to keep their clients out of direct will or trust disputes, contests, or other proceedings whose nature it is to contest a will’s validity in a Court of law. However, over the years, attorneys have found that too many young families and elderly or disabled persons do not draft and effectuate adequate estate plans...

Estate Planning for Young Families: Children, Wealth, and the Necessity of Planning for Unforeseen Risks

Estate planning is often one of the most difficult tasks that a young family can undertake. In emotional terms, it can be unpleasant at best to have to consider one’s wishes for family after death or incapacity. In financial terms, it is often similarly unpleasant to consider the circumstances under which one’s property would be distributed and to whom.

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California’s Medi-Cal Program and In-Home Care: An Arcane Process for a Bygone Era

Social Security Disability for Persons with Mental and/or Cognitive Disabilities: A Legal Battle at Every Turn

Will Contests and the Law: An Old Problem With a Costly Procedure

Estate Planning for Young Families: Children, Wealth, and the Necessity of Planning for Unforeseen Risks