At the law office of O'Donnell, Weiss & Mattei, P.C., we are aware that buying or selling a home is often a complicated matter, even when everything goes smoothly. You and other Pennsylvania residents may wonder about your legal rights if you buy a home, only to...
How can shared custody benefit your child?
As a parent in Pennsylvania, going through a divorce or negotiating with the other parent of the child, you will have to decide what type of custody is best for your child. Do you want to argue for sole physical custody (an extreme and rare scenario), or do you think...
Estate Planning After Divorce
Estate planning is an essential step in the divorce process. Careful attention must be afforded to the complex issues that may arise when dealing with an estate plan where a divorce action is pending or has been finalized. Your estate plan should be reviewed and...
Special Needs Planning: Should we set up an ABLE account?
What is an ABLE Account? An Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) account allows people with disabilities who became disabled before they turned 26 to set aside up to $15,000 a year in tax-free savings accounts without affecting their eligibility for government...
Understanding a Medicaid spend-down
If your parents have reached the age where the possibility exists that they may one day need to live in a Pennsylvania nursing home, you and they need to start thinking about Medicaid. Why? Because few people have the money necessary to pay for long-term nursing home...
