Tucson Elder Law Attorney

We are Tucson elder law attorneys committed to helping seniors, individuals with disabilities, and their families and supporters make informed choices guiding them through some of life’s most important decisions. That may mean estate planning, special needs planning, guardianship, conservatorship, long-term care planning or probate. That’s what we know.

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Guardianship & Conservatorship

We represent guardians, conservators, and the subjects of proceedings when court involvement is required. We also act as guardian and conservator in appropriate cases.

Estate Planning

We counsel individuals about planning for tax, benefits eligibility and preparation for aging and disability. We understand that one important consideration for clients is the cost of effective planning. One common area we work in: special planning for family members with special needs.

Wills, Trusts & Powers of Attorney

We prepare documents to complete your estate plan. Most importantly, we help you determine whether you need a trust, and we counsel you on selection of agents, trustees and personal representatives.

Trust & Estate Administration

Once estate planning documents are in place, we help with administration of the trust or estate. We represent trustees, agents and personal representatives. We prepare accounts and taxes, or we oversee those administrative matters. We are particularly interested in helping with special needs trusts.

Long-Term Care (Medicaid) Planning

We are familiar with long-term care costs and eligibility for public benefits, and how to maximize benefits for a person dependent on the public system. We can prepare applications or process renewals for eligibility.

Private Fiduciary Services

In select cases (and usually when there is no other good alternative) we act as trustee, personal representative or agent. We handle financial and life decisions, prepare tax returns and keep interested parties in the loop.

Our Attorneys

Robert B. Fleming
Elizabeth Rollings Friman
Jacquelyne J. Mingle
Amy Farrell Matheson
Thomas A. Curti

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Anticipating the future

The Challenge of Anticipating the Future

Anticipating the future: that’s what estate planning lawyers try to do. We want to get our clients’ wishes down on paper. That means we have to help them imagine all sorts of possible developments. Will tax rules change before your death? Likely, yes. But in what ways? And when will you die, anyway? How about…

Never totally irrevocable

Irrevocable Trusts: Never Totally Irrevocable

People may believe estate planning should be a once-and-done affair. But things tend to change over time, and estate plans may need to change, too. Even plans that say they are irrevocable are never totally irrevocable. Change is the norm these days. The just-passed SECURE Act brought a slew of changes and new strategies to…

Budget Act and Special Needs Trusts

The 2020 Budget Act and Special Needs Trusts

Late in December Congress adopted its 2020 budget. The law goes by the poetic name the “Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020“. We’ve already told you about the SECURE Act, part of the budget law. But there’s more in this complicated law. For our practices, it’s particularly important to know about the relationship between the budget…

The December Round-up: 10 Lessons From 2019

At the end of each month, we like to take stock of elder law news and share new or interesting developments. For the December round-up, we’ve decided to do something a little different: round up the lessons we’ve learned over the past year, inspired by our own practice, cases we’ve read about, and even rumors…

The SECURE Act

The SECURE Act Passed, But What Does it Mean?

Congress passed the SECURE Act last week, as part of a larger spending bill. It will become effective on January 1, 2020. You might not have read very much about it, or know how it affects you. Maybe we can help. SECURE stands for “Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement.” That might have been…

Leaving Granada Ave.

Leaving Granada

“We are leaving Granada on Tuesday, and I cannot fight the feeling of flowing like a river” sings Ryan Gabrinetti in the little-known tune “Leaving Granada.” You may not be familiar with his group, Reflective Detectives. But we were drawn to the song as we contemplate, well, leaving Granada. Fleming & Curti, PLC, has operated…

Gift some of your success

Gift Some of Your Success, But Do It Thoughtfully

Say you’ve had a really good year financially and want to share it with loved ones for the holidays. How wonderful! Many people don’t realize that gifting can affect them long after the property has been given away or that they can have some say in how that gift is used by the recipient. So…