If your mom (or dad) has a revocable living trust and has now been diagnosed with dementia or another condition affecting mental capacity, the successor trustee is going to have to step. If that is you, you need to understand your responsibilities and take them seriously. Many people in this situation feel overwhelmed, scared of making a mistake, and unsure…
I don’t know about you, but when the State of California announced a few years back that it would remove assets as a factor in all Medi-Cal eligibility, I thought it was too good to be true. Turns out, it was true, but it was just too good to last for very long. Pursuant to the state’s 2026 budget announced…
Assembly Bill 1663 went into effect on January 1, 2023 amending the California Welfare and Institution Code to add new sections enacting the Supported Decision-making law. The law formalizes supported decision-making in order to reduce the number of people who might otherwise have their rights removed by a conservatorship. What is supported decision-making and how does it work? Supported decision-making…
