Welcome to the Sivia Law August Newsletter, a monthly newsletter that discusses updates in the industry, news going on in the office, upcoming events and more.
Please note: With the recent updates in mask requirements, we are still offering various meeting formats to best serve our clients. If you have any questions, concerns or requests please let us know!
Our firm placed 1st in the "Estate Law" category & 2nd in the "Lawyer" category! As a result, we would like to extend a BIG thanks to our staff & clients for their role in this distinction.
On behalf of our firm, we would also like to congratulate additional award recipients. What an honor we have to serve the Edwardsville community!
Click here to view the full 2022 Best Of Edwardsville Winners List!
Riviera Maya Restaurant
Riviera Maya recently celebrated their 12-Year Anniversary!
They are a family-owned business that serves authentic Mexican food. They have 2 locations: 307 South Maple St. Brighton Il 372-1101 and 2704 Corner Ct. Alton Il 465-5000. Be sure to check them out!
Visit their Facebook to learn more!
Our featured episode for this month is Ep 9: Common Questions About Medicaid for Long-Term Care. Calley Mize provides you with some basics when it comes to the complicated topic of Medicaid. Listen to this episode to learn how you can put yourself in a better position for long-term care by being eligible for Medicaid.
Taylor Sydnor
This month, we are highlighting one of our newest employees. We are thrilled to have Taylor on the Sivia Law team!
Taylor is our go-to girl for all things that go on at our Wentzville location. She answers phones, fulfills her role as Paralegal & helps out with MANY more things around the office (she's also a great dog mom). We are so appreciative of her strong work ethic & her willingness to learn.
Q: How Can You Protect Your Assets When Entering A Nursing Home?
A: Nursing homes can use legal processes to lay hold of your assets in order to cover the costs of your care, if needed. By creating an irrevocable trust, and transferring all or a significant portion of your wealth to that trust, you can move it out of reach of anyone who would seek to claim it. This is because, once you transfer your assets to the trust, you no longer legally own or control them.
An estate planning attorney can help with getting your trust set up, and most importantly getting your trust funded.
Having a pet brings many people joy and provides them with a living creature to take care of and to provide companionship. The types of animals that one has, as well of the needs of those animals, should be considered carefully when preparing a last will and testament or trust.
This blog tells you about how you can include your pets in your estate plan to make sure your loved pets are cared for!
Estate planning lawyers can agree that the last thing anyone wants is a contested estate. Illinois, like every other state in the nation, has its own set of intestate succession laws, which dictate how someone’s property will be distributed upon his or her death if there is no estate plan in place.
Learn about how the pitfalls of not having a will and how they can be avoided by establishing your estate plan in our blog.
Going through a divorce can be costly in many different ways. Time and money are both spent in the divorce process, so you want to do your best to also avoid costly financial mistakes that can be made during and after the divorce case is finalized.
View the full list in our blog to be aware of what to avoid in already troubling times.
Your classification as a veteran is what entitles you access to VA disability benefits. It largely goes without saying, to recover VA disability benefits, you must be a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces. That, then, begs the question: What precisely is a veteran of the U.S. armed forces?
In our blog, we will answer that question!
Sivia Law presents a six-step checklist to create your own “Life Planning Guide.” This guide helps you advise your loved ones so that they can honor your wishes for your health care desires as well as for the distribution of your estate.
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Join us next month for our "September" issue of the Sivia Law Monthly Newsletter!
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