John and Jane Doe had a home in Arkansas, a home in Illinois, and financial assets totaling $80,000. John Doe had been in the nursing home for around a month, and Jane and Janet Doe came to see The Dudeck Law Firm to try to protect John and Jane Doe’s assets, as their nursing home expenses were around $6,000 per month.
Multiple general practice attorneys in Arkansas, and even a few attorneys who claim to practice elder law in Arkansas, looked at the facts and circumstances of this case and said that it was impossible for John and Jane Doe to qualify for state benefits. The Dudeck Law Firm did strategic planning, set up an Asset Protection Trust to plan for the house and financial assets in Arkansas, and also coordinated strategic planning with an elder law attorney that we know in Illinois (The Dudeck Law Firm knows elder law attorneys in many of the continental United States).
By doing these things, The Dudeck Law Firm qualified John and Jane Doe for state benefits within three months, and they were able to protect the home in Illinois, the home in Arkansas, and most of their savings. Now, John Doe is living at the nursing home on state benefits, Jane Doe is living at home, and if Jane Doe goes in, then she will live at the nursing home on state benefits.