Carrigan and Bacik, LLC Attorneys at Law, located in Lynn, Massachusetts, provides services in the following areas of law: Elder Law, Estate Planning, Medicaid, Probate Law, Family Law, Guardianships, and Social Security Disability. Estate Planning An estate plan can ensure your assets end up where you desire, prevent some taxes, and appoint people to assist you should you become disabled or incapacitated. A simple estate plan generally includes a will, health care proxy, durable power of attorney, trust, and perhaps a living will. A more extensive estate plan can also include strategies surrounding life insurance, family limited partnerships, educational trusts, charitable trusts, Medicaid qualifying trusts, supplemental needs trusts, business succession and insurance planning. Unique strategies are available for any circumstance, including for gay and lesbian couples, families with step children, and those families that are more traditional. Elder Law Sometimes clients and their families are feeling overwhelmed with the wide array of choices available to seniors, or stressed because there is an emergency at hand. It is important to have an attorney knowledgeable about the issues and intricacies of elder law. Attorney Carrigan and Attorney Bacik enable their clients and their clients' families to make informed decisions regarding their care and planning. Individual solutions for the attorney’s clients are carefully crafted according to the needs and issues surrounding each person. The attorneys can help guide a client through the myriad of available plans and solutions, some of which include: stay at home care, daily tasks assistance, government assistance, Medicaid, Medicare, short term care, long term care, nursing home care, skilled nursing assistance, meals on wheels, guardianships, conservatorships, wills, trusts, powers of attorney and living wills. Attorney Carrigan and Attorney Bacik can help to appropriately plan for Medicaid and will provide services for a client up to and including the application process, in order to maximize the preservation of assets. Additionally, the attorneys can help with issues regarding elderly living and health care. Most importantly the attorneys will work to sustain as independent a lifestyle as possible within the framework of each client’s desires, needs, and abilities. Probate Law Probate law is that body of law surrounding a person’s affairs regarding assets and debts after death. Typically a family member or friend is appointed a personal representative in accordance with the decedent’s will or in accordance with Massachusetts’ law (when there is no valid will). The personal representative then goes through the process of collecting the decedent's assets, paying off debts and necessary taxes, and distributing property to the appropriate recipients. Attorney Carrigan and Attorney Bacik ensure that each probate estate is managed efficiently and in accordance with the decedent’s wishes. Family Law People with Family Law issues know how highly personal and extremely stressful those issues can be. Attorney Carrigan and Attorney Bacik understand the difficulties their clients are dealing with. They listen to their clients' needs and goals, and provide effective, vigorous representation to help their clients obtain the outcome they deserve. Attorney Carrigan and Attorney Bacik's Family Law practice includes divorce, property division, child support, complaints for contempt, child custody and visitation, alimony, resolution of complex tax issues, prenuptial agreements, and modification of existing orders and judgments. If you are initiating a complaint for divorce, have been served with a summons and complaint for divorce or modification, or believe that a change of circumstances has occurred since your most recent order or judgment, the attorneys at Carrigan and Bacik, LLC attorneys at Law can help. Social Security Disability If you have been hurt and are no longer able to work, you may be eligible to receive Social Security Disability payments. Social Security Disability benefits may be paid to those individuals who have paid into Social Security for a sufficient period of time and who are unable to work for at least twelve months due to a physical or mental disability. The vast majority of individuals who apply for Social Security Disability benefits are denied. Don't let a Social Security denial letter keep you from receiving the benefits you are entitled to. The lawyers at Carrigan and Bacik, LLC attorney's at Law can help you navigate the often confusing Social Security Disability process. Carrigan and Bacik, LLC attorney's at Law provides a comprehensive range of services related to your Social Security Disability claim including applying for hearings before an Administrative Law Judge, gathering necessary medical documentation, representation at the Administrative hearing, and Administrative appeals. If you have an Elder Law, Estate Planning, Medicaid, Probate, Family Law, Guardianship, or Social Security Disability issue, contact the attorneys at Carrigan and Bacik, LLC, Attorneys at Law today for a free consultation. Attorney Carrigan and Attorney Bacik are available evenings and weekends by appointment. Carrigan and Bacik, LLC
Attorneys at Law
15 Johnson Street
Lynn, MA 01902
Phone: 781-596-0494 Fax: 781-596-0554
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