Many people make big mistakes titling bank and investment accounts. Often advisors and bankers advise customers to “put your child’s name on the account” or to set the account up as a “pay on death” … [Read more...]
“But Can She REALLY Do This, Bob?”
Tales From The Mason Law Horror Files . . . Once Upon A Time . . . Margaret and Jim Anderson raised their three children, Princess, Bud and Kitten in the 1950’s and 1960’s in the Greystone area … [Read more...]
Big VA Benefit Changes Coming
VA Pension benefit (Aid & Attendance) rules will likely borrow a few Medicaid concepts under legislation proposed by North Carolina Senator Richard Burr and Oregon Senator Ron Wyden. Thanks to the … [Read more...]
Beware Of Joint Accounts – Coastal Senior, October 2009
Coastal Senior is a monthly periodical covering the South Carolina and Georgia low country. Bob Mason is its legal columnist. Many people make big mistakes titling bank and investment accounts. … [Read more...]
Law Can Be Tough On Elder Abuse – Coastal Senior, March 2009
Coastal Senior is a monthly periodical covering the South Carolina and Georgia low country. Bob Mason is its legal columnist. Here is yet another use for duct tape: Keeping an older resident from … [Read more...]