Blog: plantation

On June 25, 2015 (exactly two years after the U.S. Supreme Court decided Windsor and held that part of the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional) the Supreme Court of the United States issued its opinion in Obergefell and ruled that same-sex marriage is legal in all states. Now, same-sex married couples are entitled to…

Federal Medicaid law protects Holocaust reparations from being considered as countable resources or countable income when applying for Medicaid assistance. It is suggested that reparations not be commingled with other assets but rather, kept in a separate account. This will make it easier to get through the Medicaid application process. It can be difficult to trace…