This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on May 4, 2018. Dear Mr. Premack: If a Marital Property Agreement exists and finances have not been co-mingled, can the assets of one spouse be considered when the other spouse needs to apply for Medicaid assistance or is there a way to keep them from being considered or sheltered? – SS In this context, we are talking about using Medicaid to pay the costs of nursing home care for a qualified senior. In order to qualif

A Relationship Agreement is a contract between you and your partner to define the way you intend to live your lives together.

Dear Mr. Premack: I have a conundrum. I am 66 and would love to marry the woman with whom I am in love. We’ve been together for six years. She’s the light of my life, eight years younger, an independent business woman and she makes me very happy. I have no children and she has two married adult children. The only reasons I hesitate are legal, some based on the impacts that federal law would have on my benefits. For instance: 1) I am a military retiree with a Survivor Benefit