From the release of the Build Back Better Act to the expansion of the federal COVID-19 economic injury disaster loan program for businesses, we have recently seen significant developments in estate planning and business law. To ensure that you stay abreast of these legal changes, we have highlighted some noteworthy developments and analyzed how they may impact your estate planning and business law practice.

Elder Docx™ offers many amazing documents to draft, but today we are going to focus on the Medicaid Asset Protection Letter (MAPL). Let’s explore this long-term care planning document and its amazing capabilities.

The MAPL is a planning letter. You would use it after being hired to set out the roadmap for the client’s case in order to get the client qualified for Medicaid. The MAPL lists the client’s income and assets and then details strategies for dealing with excess income or assets. For example, if you are planning in an income cap state and the client has too much income, the letter may suggest using a Miller Trust. If a client has $100,000 in excess assets, then you can select the planning strategies to deal with the excess assets and get the client qualified for Medicaid. You may suggest using a Medicaid Asset Protection Trust, buying an exempt asset, or more. There are about 23 strategies that you can select from, or you can formulate your own strategy!

Many estate planning attorneys are following the news about the Build Back Better Act (the Act) and how it could affect their clients. This news story is a moving target, as Congress is likely to make changes to the legislation, and there is no guarantee that it will even pass.