Virginia Estate Planning and Elder Law Attorneys
Jean Galloway Ball, P.L.C
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10306 Eaton Place Ste. 130 Fairfax, Virginia 22030 USA |
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(703) 359-9213
(703) 591-0553
www.uselderlaw.com
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Law Firm Overview
The law firm of Jean Galloway Ball, P.L.C. is based in Fairfax, Virginia. The firm represents clients in Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford, Fauquier, and so on. They are certified in practicing elder law. The firm handles matters related to Medicaid planning, guardianship, probate, and trust administration.
Both our owner, Jean Galloway Ball and Senior Associate Loretta Morris Williams, are certified elder law attorneys.* All of our lawyers are members of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the Academy of Special Needs Planners. We can help you address important issues such as life care and estate planning for you and your family, long-term care planning for elderly loved ones and special needs planning for disabled children and adults.
There are many decisions we make each day of our lives. Our lawyers can help you choose who will help you make your decisions as you age or if you become disabled. We will assist you with preparing medical and financial powers of attorney, living wills, and health care directives. For people who need it, we can assist in setting up a conservatorship or guardianship.
Practice Areas
Practice Areas Description
Jean Galloway Ball, P.L.C has built a reputation for providing highly customized legal services to help our clients address immediate needs and achieve long-term goals, including:- Estate Planning
At the Fairfax law firm of Jean Galloway Ball, PLC, our attorneys handle difficult issues such as contested wills and estates and estate planning in second marriages with sensitivity and diplomacy. The experienced legal team at our firm helps clients realize their goals and protect their loved ones, using documents such as: Last Will and Testament; Financial or medical power of attorney; Advance medical directives and living wills; Revocable Trust and irrevocable Trust, including life insurance and living trusts; Special needs Trust for disabled children; Trusts for minor children or grandchildren; Pet Trusts. In the documents we prepare for our clients, we minimize potential estate tax liability through smart estate tax planning. For families with young children, we address guardianship and inheritance management issues.
- Life Care Planning
Our attorneys work with the elderly and their families to plan for the time when it becomes necessary to seek help and to address important concerns when that time arrives. When a client comes to us because an aging parent can no longer live alone without help, the first question we often ask is whether there are sufficient assets to pay for home health care or for high-quality assisted living or nursing home care. If not, the next step is to create a plan for preserving assets while allowing the parent to qualify for Medicaid. We can advise you on other government benefits, like Veteran's Aid and Attendance. Another important consideration is whether your loved one is married or not. We can help you set up a life care plan that provides for your loved one's spouse and preserves the assets of the estate, whenever it is possible and practical to do so.
- Special Needs Planning
When a child turns 18, he or she is considered an adult under the law, regardless of capacity. We can assist parents of children with special needs to draft medical and financial powers of attorney or establish guardianship and conservatorship so that the parents or a trusted individual can help make the important decisions for the disabled adult. As part of our comprehensive special needs planning services, we will discuss eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Medicaid, and other government benefits that may be available to your disabled loved one. We will help you plan your estate using a special needs Trust so the assets your child inherits can pay for goods and services not covered by government programs. We can assist in structuring personal injury and medical malpractice settlements to protect eligibility for government assistance.
- Elder Law
Dealing with a legal issue surrounding your family can be traumatic if not stressful. You may have general elder law concerns for the future or be planning after an unexpected medical crisis. You may be planning for yourself, your disabled child or your elderly or disable parent. Maybe you just need to talk with someone who deals with these kinds of issues every day. Our elder law attorneys can answer your questions, support you with information, and help you get to the next step.
At the Law Office of Jean Galloway Ball, P.L.C., we take pride in delivering quality legal service borne of experience and compassion. We have the knowledge and the access to all the tools available to help you plan for litigation, decision making, estate planning and probate, whether it is for your young family or elderly relatives.
- Probate, Estate and Trust Administration
The probate and estate administration attorneys at the law firm of Jean Galloway Ball, PLC, are here to assist you every step of the way with compassionate, caring professionalism, from identifying your estate administration needs to completing all tasks, including: Taking possession and control of assets; Managing estate assets and income; Ascertaining and paying legitimate debts of the decedent; Distributing assets of the estate to its beneficiaries or heirs; Filing an inventory of the estate assets and one or more itemized accounts of all receipts, disbursements and distribution of estate assets; Filing a variety of tax returns that may include estate tax returns, estate income tax returns, final personal income tax returns for the decedent and probate tax returns; Interpreting questions regarding substandard or generic Internet Wills; Negotiating or litigating contested claims or Will contests; Dealing with insolvent estates.
- Fiduciary Litigation
No one should ever get away with exploiting vulnerable people. We understand that sometimes it is necessary to go to court to right this wrong. At the law firm of Jean Galloway Ball, PLC, we can stand up for your family. You can be reassured that we bring years of experience to your elder law and estate litigation concerns. We have handled numerous cases involving: Fraud, undue influence, and financial abuse or exploitation; Power of attorney or agency abuse; Fiduciary issues and suits to remove executors and trustees; Guardianship and conservatorship disputes; Trust administration and accounting concerns; Suits to impeach a Will; Trust reformation, modification and actions to combine Trusts; Defense against responsible party lawsuits by nursing homes; Augmented estate litigation on behalf of spouses omitted from a Will; Family disputes over distribution of assets in an estate.
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Jean Galloway Ball, Esq.
Attorney Elder Law, Estate Planning |
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