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Recently, the Department of Veterans Affairs passed the first cost-of-living adjustment since 2008 which has increased VA benefits by 3.6%. The Senate approved the Veteran’s Compensation [...]

Today is the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day. On December 07, 1941, Japanese forces attacked America’s naval bases in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. America declared war on Japan and we entered into [...]

In 2008, Congress proclaimed the third week in October as National Estate Planning Awareness Week. The resolution noted “Many Americans are unaware that lack of estate planning and financial [...]

The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, an organization of over 4200 attorneys nationwide who are dedicated to improving the quality of legal services provided to seniors and those with [...]

The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys has designated October as Special Needs month. Elder law attorneys, nation-wide, provide an enormous amount of legal education to their local [...]

Reclusive heiress, Hugette Clark, daughter of copper tycoon and former U.S. Senator, William Clark, passed away in May leaving behind an estate that is estimated at over $400 million. The estate [...]

Almost every time I pick up the newspaper I read about funding cuts or tuition hikes for Louisiana colleges and students. For those of us with college-aged students, the good news is that TOPS [...]

While most grandparents go to their grandchild’s baseball game and think about them hitting the ball out of the park or making a fantastic diving catch, when I attended my granddaughter’s [...]

Morgan’s Wonderland, a theme park located outside of San Antonio,TX, is unlike any other theme park in the world. While it has rides and attractions like most, it is designed and accessible [...]

In many states, the process of transferring property at death is referred to as probate; in Louisiana, that process is typically called a succession. There are many misconceptions about what a [...]