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I had DPOA for my mom over a year now. My brother who lives in NJ (I'm in FL) has seen them once in 44 yrs tried to get her to revoke it. She said absolutely not. He then went to our attorney. I thought this was illegal????
My parents and I have since found another attorney and we did the living wills, DPOA, guardian, the transfer of their home, etc. All went well and I feel much better knowing that my brother cannot put them in a nursing home since they wish to stay together in their home as long as they can. Just be careful when picking one. As I stated, the first spoke to my brother and I feel she had no right to do that since I was the one that gave her over 1k and hired her.
I have a friend who is an expert in Estate Planning and financial matters. He is very skeptical about the soundness of Trusts helping protect assets for people who are seeking Medicaid. He says it's quite risky to do that. Maybe, it depends on the state you are in. I would make sure you get competent legal advice in making those kind of decisions.
If you go this route and present the will or trust documents after mom dies, you could find that the court will not accept them. That you cannot get Letters testamentary issued naming you as executor to do whatever in the will as will is not recognized as valid. If that happens, you will have to do a Lineal Heirship and you have to have an attorney do that (& if there are family conflicts doing lineal could be quite time consuming & costly).
Trusts have to be done just right. They really need speciality experienced legal.
Pay now or pay later, either way you need legal.
In my early career I worked in a law office, and I would never ever draw up any legal documents myself. A Trust is a huge maze to travel, let an expert handle that.
Each State has different laws regarding estates/trusts and those laws are always in some type of change mode. I went to an Elder Law Attorney to draw up my Will, Revocable Trust, various POA's, Advance Medical Directive, Living Will, HIPPA, etc.
This is not a job for someone w/o estate planning legal experience, and that includes me even with decades of legal experience. Despite how much I may think I know, there are always issues of importance that I was unaware of, because I haven't gone to law school or practiced as an attorney.
Do a lot of research to find a reputatable and experienced estate planning or elder law attorney (I prefer the broader estate planning practice).