Elder estate planning
Create a plan that may include wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and advance medical directives to protect an older adult’s wishes, family, assets, and peace of mind.
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Elder Care
Legal care that keeps the person at the center.
Jarvis Law helps older adults and families when their loved ones need legal help. We assist with estate planning, special needs trusts, Medicare, Medicaid, guardianships, and conservatorships. We provide friendly, compassionate care.
Discuss an elder care needHow we can help
Planning and advocacy for the needs that come with later life.
An adult child may be securing care for an aging parent, a retiree may be preserving a legacy, or a family may need legal authority or an advocate for a loved one. Jarvis Law helps families identify appropriate protections and put them in place.
Guardianships and conservatorships
Help a family seek the legal authority needed to care for a loved one when that protection becomes necessary.
Elder Guardian ad Litem work
Serve as a legal advocate for an older adult who needs help ensuring that their interests are represented as fully as possible, including a person living with dementia.
Visits when they are needed
For GAL work, we always make home visits after the court orders them. We also make home, hospital, and hospice visits when estate planning is urgent.
Urgent estate planning should not have to wait. Jarvis Law makes home, hospital, and hospice visits to prepare a will, trust, power of attorney and/or advance medical directive as needed.
Elder GAL work
A legal advocate for the older adult.
A Guardian ad Litem, or GAL, acts as a legal protector for an individual who needs one and works to ensure that person’s interests are represented to the greatest extent possible.
Begin with the individual
We first ask questions about the older adult for whom a GAL appointment is being considered.
Consider what is needed
The information gathered helps determine whether the individual may need a Guardian ad Litem.
Arrange a home visit
Jarvis Law always makes home visits after the court orders them.
A personal approach
Start with the person, then identify the protection.
Tell us what is happening
We begin by learning about the older adult, the family’s concerns, and the legal need that brought you to us.
Identify the right service
The situation may call for estate planning, a guardianship or conservatorship, or Guardian ad Litem work.
Make the plan accessible
We make GAL home visits after the court orders them and provide urgent estate planning at a home, hospital, or hospice as needed.
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