FAQs
(frequently asked questions)
and Links

• Probate in Texas

• Miller Trust (Medicaid Qualified Income Trust)

• Medicaid Spousal Resource Allowance 

•  Texas Medicaid Limits on Income, Spousal Allowance

• Texas Charitable Immunity & Liability Act -- Legal Protection for Volunteers

• Texas Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care - as Published in the Texas Bar Journal - view as HTLM or as PDF

• Medical/Legal Issues on Health Care for Consumers, Elderly, Caregivers and Administrators

• Powerpoint Presentation on the law of Advance Directives & the law of Financial Durable Powers of Attorney.

Links to Legal Documents...

Our Premack Virtual Online Law Office provides secure preparation of your vital legal documents by allowing you to work with Paul Premack online. It also allows you to have a personal consultation with Paul Premack using the internet.

 External Links for Seniors...

• Texas No Call List - Bothered by telemarketing phone calls? After January 1, 2002 Texas law allows you to pay a small fee to have your name put on the "no call list."

• ElderOptions of Texas - Health care and Senior Housing Guide based in Austin

• Medicare Compare is sponsored by the Center for Medicare Services (CMS). This website gives you a side-by-side comparison of your Medicare options. You input your zip code or city, and it returns a chart of HMOs available to you. It compares the costs and benefits of each HMO, and balances them against plain Medicare, or Medicare and a Supplemental "Medigap" policy.

• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

• National Fraud Information Center, which works in cooperation with the National  Association of Attorneys General and the Federal Trade Commission.

• National Senior Citizen Law Center in Washington, D.C.

• Nursing Home Compare, a service of the Center for Medicare Services (CMS). In addition to helpful manuals like "Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home," this site lists hundreds of nursing homes nationwide. It allows you to select a nursing center by name or location, then gives you the latest government inspection data, listing any deficiencies found.

• Social Security Online

• Texas Attorney General, Elder Law Division

• US Govt Administration on Aging, Senior Resources

Information on 529 Plans...

• Saving For College - A website from CPA Joe Hurley

• Texas 529 Plan - The plan established by Texas

• TIAA-CREF 529 Info - from the company that controls 529 plans for 13 of the states

• The College Board - from the folks who run the SAT testing program

• IRS Publication 970 - in PDF format; discusses tax rules for education savings

Just for fun...

• Legal Humor (Lawyer Jokes!)