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Southern New England's Certified Elder Law Attorney

Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts Certified Elder Law Attorney

Asset Protection Strategies

Whether you are concerned about losing your assets to a judgment creditor or to the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program, our elder law attorney and his professional staff can help.​  At Connelly Law Offices, we offer two entirely different asset protection planning services:

  • Lawsuit Asset Protection Planning, and

  • Medicaid Asset Protection Planning

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We live in the most litigious society in the world. Every year, 80 to 90 million lawsuits are filed in the United States. Nearly half of all marriages end in divorce.

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Medicaid Asset Protection Planning

Our Medicaid asset protection attorney assists our Medicaid clients in transferring assets outside of their probate estate without triggering a transfer penalty or gift tax.

Medicaid recipients must often satisfy a Medicaid co-payment to receive benefits. For a married Medicaid recipient, it may be possible to divert retirement income away from the institutionalized spouse to the at-home spouse to reduce the Medicaid co-payment. This Medicaid asset protection technique involves an agreement for spousal support and court approval of a qualified domestic relations order.

Unfortunately, there is no way to avoid the possibility of being sued altogether. However, there is a way to reduce the risk of a devastating lawsuit and protect your assets.

Lawsuit asset protection refers to legal techniques that protect a person’s property from potential creditors, including a divorcing spouse. Asset protection planning ranges from simple devices, such as opening an IRA account, to more complex arrangements, such as funding an irrevocable beneficiary-controlled grantor trust.

Lawsuit asset protection planning typically involves one or more of the following:

  • Obtaining appropriate and sufficient insurance coverage;

  • Transferring assets to a statutorily protected class of assets (i.e. residential homestead, life insurance, annuities, or a qualified retirement plan);

  • Leveraging unprotected assets such as real estate investments;

  • Utilizing liability shielding entities such as limited partnerships, corporations, and LLCs;

  • Accumulating wealth in an asset protection trust; and

  • Entering into marital property agreements to convert community property into separate property.

  • Hiding assets or fraudulently conveying assets to hinder a creditor offers no asset protection and is illegal.

At Connelly Law Offices, our team will design and implement asset protection plans for individuals and families in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Our clients include doctors, lawyers, engineers, business owners, and others concerned about protecting their assets in the event of a lawsuit.

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"It has taken you a lifetime of hard work to accumulate your assets. Unfortunately, America is a litigious society, and 90% of all lawsuits originate in the United States. Given this environment, it is more important to identify the legal strategies and tactics to protect yourself against claims from creditors or lawsuits or plan for Medicaid.  After all, why should your hard work ultimately enrich a third party at the expense of your loved ones?  Call us today."

                                                    ---- RJ Connelly III

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Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut Certified Elder Law Attorney

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"Southern New England's Certified Elder Law Attorney"

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Rhode Island Elder Law Attorney

Phone:  401-724-9400

Fax:  401-724-3046

Our office locations

Connecticut

Broadway Street

Mystic, CT  06355

860-440-7600

Rhode Island - Main Office

372 Broadway

Pawtucket, RI  02860

 401-724-9400

Massachusetts

Martha's Vineyard

East Chop, MA  02557

508-316-2396

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