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Elder Law encompasses several interrelated disciplines, including the financing of long term care (Medicaid), including Medicaid Asset Protection Trusts, and the Medicaid Application Process. Elder Law also encompasses Guardianship, Special Needs, Wills, Trusts, Transfers of Assets,

Top 10 Elder Law Mistakes to Avoid

THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE CARE OF ME
THE GOVERNMENT WON'T TAKE ALL OF MY MONEY
THE GOVERMENT WILL TAKE ALL OF MY MONEY
IT'S TOO LATE TO PROTECT MY ASSETS
I AM LEAVING MONEY TO MY DISABLED CHILD OR TO THEIR SIBLING
I DON'T NEED TO PLAN. I'M JUST LEAVING EVERYTHING TO MY CHILDREN
I DON'T NEED TO PLAN. I'M JUST LEAVING EVERYTHING TO MY SPOUSE
IF MY SPOUSE OR I BECOME DISABLED, OUR KIDS WILL TAKE CARE OF US
I DO NOT NEED TO DO ANYTHING TODAY. I'LL LOOK INTO IT TOMORROW
I AM NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING

There is a famous chinese proverb - "The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best is now." Similar analogies can be made with Medicaid Planning, substituting 5 years for 20. Where will you be 5 years from now? This is an area of law where delay can be costly or devastating.

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Please feel free to contact our office if you or a family member is in need legal assistance with New Jersey Probate and Estates, New York Probate and Estates, New York Estate Planning and Asset Protection and New Jersey Estate Planning and Asset Protection, New York Wills and Trusts and Estates, New Jersey Wills and Trusts and Estates, New Jersey Elder Law, New York and New Jersey Medical Assistance Planning and Eligibility (Medicaid), Nursing Home Planning, Guardianships, and Business and Corporate Law.

From within Manalapan, also known as Englishtown, bordering Marlboro and Morganville, our law firm Garland Law Offices represents estate planning and elder law clients from Monmouth County, Middlesex County, Ocean County, Mercer County, Red Bank, Rumson, Englishtown, Freehold, Marlboro, Morganville, Toms River, Jackson, Howell, Lakewood, Monroe Township, Millstone, Cream Ridge, Brick, Wall Township, Mercer County, Princeton, Atlantic Highlands, Matawan, Old Bridge, Deal, Asbury Park, Holmdel, Hazlet, Lincroft, Shrewsbury, Aberdeen, Little Silver, West Long Branch, Forked River, and many other areas throughout New Jersey and New York including the Jersey Shore.

New York City residents and employees are served at our Manhattan, New York City office located on Madison Avenue, which also serves the boroughs of New York including Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx, and the neighboring areas of Westchester, Armonk, Yonkers, Nassau County, Suffolk County, and we can accommodate clients through out New York State.

Clients served include those who are business owners, employees, farm owners, beachfront home owners, renters, professional and non-professional persons from all walks of life who are affluent and also of modest means. Estate planning for farmers and land owners can have special challenges different than estate planning for affluent or cash rich clients.

For client convenience, Attorney Gary Garland also offers flexible scheduling. In addition to day appointments, evening and weekend Probate, Estate Planning, and Medicaid Planning appointments are available upon request. Home, Nursing Home, and Hospital consultations are also available.

The New Jersey Law Firm of Garland Law Offices, P.A., headed by attorney Gary Garland, Esq. focuses on New Jersey estate planning, wills, trusts, estates, probate administration, asset protection, Medical Assistance planning, Nursing Home planning and eligibility, Medicaid planning & eligibility, elder law, business succession planning, family limited partnerships, family limited liability companies, foundational estate planning, advanced estate planning, wills, revocable living trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts (ILITs), irrevocable trusts, insurance trusts, and all facets of elder law including a power of attorney or powers of attorney, HIPAA help, and more. With over fifteen years practicing law, Attorney Gary Garland is an experienced estate planning attorney, trust attorney, probate attorney, asset protection attorney, Medicaid attorney, elder law attorney, and estate litigation attorney. He calls himself a “reformed litigator.”

Gary Garland invests heavily in the firm, with advanced education, seminars, state of the art computerized equipment and other state of the art equipment, and unique systems not found elsewhere in the County.