As part of an ongoing commitment to keep the community informed of the changes in elder law, the attorneys and counselors at Accettura & Hurwitz will be offering a number of seminars throughout metro Detroit designed to discuss “The State of Elder Law.”
P. Mark Accettura will be on hand to discuss several important issues including:
• The use of Ladybird deeds to avoid probate and retain Medicaid eligibility
• Record or not record deeds
• The impact of HIPAA on estate planning
• How to qualify for Medicaid in order to pay for long-term care
• Top-secret Veterans Aid and Attendance benefits
• Planning opportunities available under the 2010 Tax Act
• Asset protection
Accettura is an expert Michigan Elder Law Attorney with 30 years experience has successfully handled the legal care of thousands of seniors and their families. Accettura is a former adjunct professor at University of Detroit/Mercy School of Law where he taught courses on income taxation, estate, gift tax, pensions and employee benefits.
Accettura is also a frequent lecturer on estate planning topics and is an author of three books with a fourth book on the psychology of elder law and family care being published this summer. Accettura was also the former host of “Law Talk,” a one-hour public access television show in 37 cities in southeastern Michigan.
Accettura’s current titles are:
– Lost and Found: Finding Self-Reliance After the Loss of a Spouse, Collinwood Press, 2001
– Michigan Estate Planning Guide 2nd Edition 2002, Collinwood Press, 2002
– Medicaid and Long Term Care in Michigan: Getting Good Care Without Going Broke, Collinwood Press, 2005.
Join Accettura & Hurwitz at the first seminar hosted by the Canton Public Library on April 25 from 3-4:30 p.m. Space is limited. Additional times and dates will be April 26 at Rochester Community House from 2-3:30p.m.; April 27 at Washington Square in Royal Oak from 3:30-5 p.m.; May 3 at MSU Management Education Center Room 106 in Troy from 3-4:30 p.m.; May 4 at Longacre House in Farmington Hills from 3-4:30 p.m.; May 10 at Livonia Community Center from 3-4:30 p.m.; May 16 at Southgate Veterans Memorial Library from 3-4:30 p.m.; May 17 at Warren Community Center from 3:30-5 p.m.
For more information and to reserve a place, call Kim Rapp at 248-848-9409.