Month: May 2015

In Illinois, we have powers of attorney for Property. These are documents that allow others to handle financial matters for us. We have powers of Health Care. In some states these are know as a health care proxy. These documents allow your agent to make health care...

Let's start with the simple stuff. YOU NEED MEDICAL EVIDENCE. No matter how compelling your story is about why you can't work, you must have medical evidence to support your claim. I have seen Judges who I honestly believe thought the person applying for disability...

In it's simplest terms, Probate is a legal process to get a person's assets after their death to those are entitled to those assets. If a person dies with a valid will the assets would go to persons designated by the "testator". Testator is the legal name for the...

This is usually done in one of two ways. First, a person may amend their will. In estate planning we call an amendment a "codicil". It is an addition and/or modification to the existing document. When a codicil is done you now have two documents which must be read...

Two linked studies, published Tuesday in JAMA, also support the central early role in Alzheimer’s of beta amyloid, the protein that creates plaques. Data from nearly 9,500 people on five continents shows that amyloid can appear 20 to 30 years before symptoms...