by Sanford Okura | Aug 31, 2009 | Articles
When a person dies with $100,000 or less in assets, there are simple ways to settle the estate. One way is to use an Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property. Another way is to have the clerk of the circuit court open a Small Estate proceeding. ...
by Sanford Okura | Jul 30, 2009 | Medicaid and Nursing Home Costs
On February 8, 2006, President Bush signed the Deficit Reduction Act. This federal law made big changes to Medicaid for nursing home costs. Important parts of the new law were supposed to be effective from February 8, 2006. However, the Hawaii Department of Human...
by Sanford Okura | Jul 9, 2009 | Articles
The following is a copy of the Notice of Public Hearing on the proposed changes to Hawaii’s Medicaid rules found in Hawaii Administrative Rules. The public hearing is scheduled for July 28, 2009. Many of the proposed changes are required by the...
by Sanford Okura | Jun 12, 2009 | Trusts and Wills
THE SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST Suppose you have a child with a disability. Perhaps the child was born with a mental disability. Perhaps he or she was born with a physical disability. In some cases, the child may have been normal at birth, but later in life acquired a...
by Sanford Okura | May 29, 2009 | Medicaid and Nursing Home Costs
MEDICAID PLANNING I am thinking about a meeting I had recently. The daughter of a client came to discuss her mother’s situation. Mother is elderly. She suffers from...
