If you are a client, thank you for working with us to fulfill your legal needs. If you're a new visitor, we look forward to meeting you and exploring ways to assist you and your family or business. Special Needs Planning - by planning for the future of a loved one with a disability through estate planning or when there is a legal settlement. We would like to hear from you, so please contact us via telephone or e-mail with questions, comments or to schedule an appointment.
Request a Speaker: Please contact us if you are interested in having one of our attorneys speak for an event. There is no fee for speaking to your group or organization. The Maine Center for Elder Law is a practice of Perkins Thompson, P.A. The Center assists clients with Medicaid (MaineCare) Planning, Special Needs Planning, Estate Planning, and Probate, Estate & Trust Administration matters in York County, Cumberland County and nearby Maine counties.
Request a Speaker: Please contact us if you are interested in having one of our attorneys speak for an event. There is no fee for speaking to your group or organization. The Maine Center for Elder Law is a practice of Perkins Thompson, P.A. The Center assists clients with Medicaid (MaineCare) Planning, Special Needs Planning, Estate Planning, and Probate, Estate & Trust Administration matters in York County, Cumberland County and nearby Maine counties.
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Barbara S. Schlichtman encourages clients to think creatively about their goals and resources and assist them with the legal tools to accomplish their objectives.
The Maine Center for Elder Law, a practice of Perkins Thompson, P.A., has two offices conveniently located in Kennebunk and Portland, serving southern Maine.
TEAM APPROACH: With client permission, attorneys work closely with each client's other professional advisors to bring together the coordinated disciplines needed to achieve the client's goals.
The Maine Center for Elder Law, a practice of Perkins Thompson, P.A., has two offices conveniently located in Kennebunk and Portland, serving southern Maine.
TEAM APPROACH: With client permission, attorneys work closely with each client's other professional advisors to bring together the coordinated disciplines needed to achieve the client's goals.
If you currently provide care for a loved one with special needs (such as mental or physical disabilities), you must have contemplated with concern about what may happen to them when you are no longer able to provide and care for them.
While you can certainly provide that they receive money and assets, such a bequest may prevent them from qualifying for essential benefits under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid programs.
However, public monetary benefits provide only for the bare necessities such as food, housing and, in some cases, clothing.
While you can certainly provide that they receive money and assets, such a bequest may prevent them from qualifying for essential benefits under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid programs.
However, public monetary benefits provide only for the bare necessities such as food, housing and, in some cases, clothing.
While nobody wants to think about death or disability, establishing an estate plan is one of the most important steps you can take to protect yourself and your loved ones.
Proper estate planning not only puts you in charge of your finances, it can also minimize the expense, delay and frustration associated with managing your affairs when you pass away or become disabled.
This includes starting to plan as early as 18, see our specialized estate planning services for young adults 18-26.
Still need convincing?
Proper estate planning not only puts you in charge of your finances, it can also minimize the expense, delay and frustration associated with managing your affairs when you pass away or become disabled.
This includes starting to plan as early as 18, see our specialized estate planning services for young adults 18-26.
Still need convincing?
Barbara S. Schlichtman helps clients prepare themselves and loved ones for life events by designing personalized legal documents to carry out their wishes and protect their assets.
Focusing on quality of life is important to Barbara's practice.
She develops collaborative relationships with her clients, as well as their financial advisors and other professionals to craft estate plans that meet her clients' needs.
Barbara also places a high priority on being available when crisis occurs.
Barbara is on the executive committee for Legal Services for the Elderly in Maine, the Maine Justice Action Group, a member of the Academy of Special Needs Planners, and an advisor to the Peaks Island Fund, a Maine Community Foundation fund.
Focusing on quality of life is important to Barbara's practice.
She develops collaborative relationships with her clients, as well as their financial advisors and other professionals to craft estate plans that meet her clients' needs.
Barbara also places a high priority on being available when crisis occurs.
Barbara is on the executive committee for Legal Services for the Elderly in Maine, the Maine Justice Action Group, a member of the Academy of Special Needs Planners, and an advisor to the Peaks Island Fund, a Maine Community Foundation fund.
Mark helps families find solutions for their long-term care planning needs as well as developing estate plans that are tailored to the individual.
Additionally, Mark has extensive experience in Probate and Trust Administration matters and guardian/conservatorships. Mark believes in a collaborative approach to estate planning.
He frequently works with the client's financial advisors and other professionals to ensure the client's needs are fully met.
Mark earned his LLM (Masters of Law) in Estate Planning and Elder Law from Western New England University School of Law in 2015 and focuses his practice entirely in this area of the law.
Additionally, Mark has extensive experience in Probate and Trust Administration matters and guardian/conservatorships. Mark believes in a collaborative approach to estate planning.
He frequently works with the client's financial advisors and other professionals to ensure the client's needs are fully met.
Mark earned his LLM (Masters of Law) in Estate Planning and Elder Law from Western New England University School of Law in 2015 and focuses his practice entirely in this area of the law.
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