Program InformationThe annual Elder Law Institute™ is co-sponsored with the Senior Law Project of Indiana Legal Services, Inc. Join Claire Lewis and Dennis Frick along with a veteran cast of Elder Law practitioners for this wonderful annual seminar.
AGENDA October 3, 2024
8:30 A.M. Registration and Coffee
8:55 A.M. Welcome and Program Introduction
Claire E. Lewis, Program Chair
9:00 A.M. Waiver Wait List Issues and Where We Go From Here
Dennis K. Frick
9:30 A.M. Pathways and Future of Area Agencies on Aging
Keith P. Huffman
10:00 A.M. Payment for Personal Services by Private and Family Caregivers, and Miller Trust Administration
Jeffery D. Stinson
10:30 A.M. Coffee Break - 15 Minutes
10:45 A.M. IRAs and Planning for the Future
Jeslynn C. Smith
11:15 A.M. PACE Program
Bridget M. McDaniel
11:45 A.M. How to Have a Successful Medicaid Application Process
Kimberly A. Jewell
12:15 P.M. Lunch Break (on your own)
1:15 P.M. Special Needs Planning Including Pooled Trusts for Those Over 65
Kristin L. Steckbeck
1:45 P.M. Conservative Asset Management Issues: Importance of an
Asset Listing to Estate Planners
Mark W. Holwager
- Tax Incentives for Those Charitably Inclined
- Roth Conversion Benefits
- When Does Private Pay = OKAY!
- Directing the Client Towards Sound Investment Strategies
- AND MORE!
2:15 P.M. Miller Trusts
Jessica A. Richards
2:45 P.M. Refreshment Break - 15 Minutes
3:00 P.M. Embracing AI in Your Law Practice
Jennifer L. VanderVeen
3:30 P.M. Tips in Guardianship and Medicaid Education for the Judiciary
Elizabeth A. Homes, Hon. William J. Hughes
4:30 P.M. Adjourn Day 1
October 4, 2024
8:30 A.M. Registration and Coffee
9:00 A.M. Comments from the FSSA Office of General Counsel and Division
of Aging: Medicaid Waiver Transition to Pathways, Wait Listing
and Other Issues
Jessica K. Keyes, Leslie L. Huckleberry
10:00 A.M. Hot Tips in Elder Law
Rebecca W. Geyer, Mark W. Holwager, Kimberly A. Jewell
10:30 A.M. Coffee Break - 15 Minutes
10:45 A.M. Administration of SNTs
Robert W. Fechtman
11:15 A.M. Appeals and Judicial Review
Michael D. Wilhelm
11:45 A.M. What’s New in Estate Planning?
Rebecca W. Geyer
12:15 P.M. Lunch Break (on your own)
1:15 P.M. Lessons Learned from Defending Guardianships
Dennis K. Frick, Ann H. Smith
1:45 P.M. So You Died - Who Cares? Estate Recovery
Matthew C. Moore
2:15 P.M. Veterans Benefits
Heidi B. Adair
2:45 P.M. Refreshment Break - 15 Minutes
3:00 P.M. Appeals on the Allocation of Income and Resources to the
Community Spouse
Connie L. Bauswell
3:30 P.M. Ethics Panel
Jeff R. Hawkins, Jennifer J. Hawkins
4:30 P.M. Adjourn Day 2
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS:
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