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Henry C Weatherby, JD, CLU, ChFC, CEBS Serving Central Connecticut

Henry C Weatherby is the founding principal of the law firm of Weatherby & Associates, PC, a results-oriented firm, committed to being recognized as leaders by their clients, other legal professionals and the community in which they live and work. Their practice focuses on the following areas: Estate Planning, Business Planning, Estate and Trust Administration, Probate, and Elderlaw.

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Henry C Weatherby, JD, CLU, ChFC, CEBS

Avon, CT    F. O'Connor - Law Office of F. William O'Connor LLC, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
Bantam, CT    Mary Ackerly - Ackerly Brown LLP, Litchfield County      Click to request assistance
Bloomfield, CT    Henry Weatherby - Weatherby & Associates PC, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
Bloomfield, CT    Ronald Soccoli - Weatherby & Associates PC, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
Branford, CT    Mark Connell - Attorney at Law LLC, New Haven County      Click to request assistance
Bridgeport, CT    Greta Solomon - Cohen & Wolf, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
Bridgeport, CT    Linda DeFelice - Cohen & Wolf PC, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
Bristol, CT    Daniel Tully - Kilbourne & Tully PC, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
Bristol, CT    Edward Krawiecki - Attorney at Law, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
Bristol, CT    Robert Wynne - Vitrano - Preleski & Wynne, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
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Cheshire, CT    Joanne Ryan - Fazzone & Ryan LLC, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
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Cheshire, CT     Michael J. Laden - Attorney At Law LLC, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
Coventry, CT    David Rappe - Attorney at Law, Tolland County      Click to request assistance
Danbury, CT    John Tuozzolo - Cutsumpas - Collins: et. al., Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
Danbury, CT    Joshua Gilman - Gilman & Francis LLC, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
Danbury, CT    Thomas Murphy - Murphy & Murphy LLP, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
Danielson, CT    Gabrielle Labonte - Rooke-Norman Associates, Windham County      Click to request assistance
Danielson, CT    Gail Rooke-Norman - Attorney at Law, Windham County      Click to request assistance
Danielson, CT    James Scheibeler - Attorney at Law, Windham County      Click to request assistance
Danielson, CT    Nicholas Riloff - James N. Scheibeler - Attorneys, Windham County  Click to request assistance
East Haven, CT    Matthew Stillman - Riccio & Beletsky LLC, New Haven County      Click to request assistance
Enfield, CT    Richard Tatoian - Attorney at Law, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
Fairfield, CT    Amy Todisco, Braunstein & Todisco LLC, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
Fairfield, CT    Christine Tenore - Student: Pace Law School, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
Fairfield, CT    David Slepian - Garson & Slepian, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
Fairfield, CT    James Hawley - Attorney at Law, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
Fairfield, CT    Linda Eliovson - Elderlaw & Family Counseling, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
Fairfield, CT    McDonald & Cregeen, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
Farmington, CT    Alice Sawyer, Sawyer Law Office, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
Glastonbury, CT    Law Office of Deborah L. Hadaway, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
Glastonbury, CT    Simon Lebo - Brown - Paindiris & Scott LLP, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
Greenwich, CT    Jean Aranha - Shipman & Goodwin LLP, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
Greenwich, CT    Richard Margenot - Attorney at Law, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
Groton, CT    Wade Jensen - Hoops & Jensen LLC, New London County      Click to request assistance
Hamden, CT    Judith Hoberman - Shedd and Hoberman LLC, New Haven County      Click to request assistance
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Hartford, CT    Suzann Beckett - Estate Planning, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
Madison, CT    Carol Behrman - Attorney at Law, New Haven County      Click to request assistance
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Manchester, CT    Malcolm Barlow - Barlow & Murphy LLP, Tolland County      Click to request assistance
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Manchester, CT    Robinson - Penny Botticello & O'Brien PC, Tolland County      Click to request assistance
Mansfield, CT    Brad Plebani - Center for Medicare Advocacy, Tolland County      Click to request assistance
Mansfield, CT    Judith Stein - Center for Medicare Advocacy Inc., Tolland County      Click to request assistance
Mansfield, CT    Mary Berthelot - Center for Medicare, Tolland County      Click to request assistance
Meriden, CT    Bruce Fontanella - Attorney at Law, New Haven County      Click to request assistance
Middlefield, CT    Edward Lang - Lang & Corona PC, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
Middlefield, CT    Linda Lissack - Lang & Corona PC, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
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Middletown, CT    Jane McMillan - Howard & McMillan, Middlesex County      Click to request assistance
Milford, CT    Law Offices of Franklin A. Drazen LLC, New Haven County      Click to request assistance
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New Britain, CT    Spuches - Anderson - Reynolds & Lynch LLP, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
New Britain, CT    Robert Scalise - Ericson - Scalise & Mangan PC, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
New Canaan, CT    Ellice Fatoullah - Fatoullah Associates, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
New Canaan, CT    Sally Hagerty - Attorney at Law, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
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New Haven, CT    Fred Sette, Sette & Bonadies, PC, New Haven County      Click to request assistance
New Haven, CT    Greg Barringer - Reid & Riege PC, New Haven County      Click to request assistance
New Haven, CT    James Flaherty - Day Pitney LLP, New Haven County      Click to request assistance
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New Haven, CT    Keith Gallant - Day Pitney LLP, New Haven County      Click to request assistance
New Haven, CT    Lisa Davis CELA Attorney at Law, New Haven County      Click to request assistance
New Haven, CT    Patrick Poeschl - Day Pitney LLP, New Haven County      Click to request assistance
New Haven, CT    Coan - Lewendon et. al., New Haven County      Click to request assistance
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New Milford, CT    Arthur Weinshank, Cramer & Anderson LLP, Litchfield County      Click to request assistance
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Newington, CT    Paul Czepiga CELA - Czepiga & Daly LLC, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
Newington, CT    Sandra Sherlock-White - Attorney at Law, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
Newtown, CT    Paul Lux - Lux & Timmel LLC, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
North Haven, CT    Donna Levine - Attorney at Law, New Haven County      Click to request assistance
Norwalk, CT    Michael LaMagna- Student: Touro Law School, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
Norwalk, CT    Miklos Koleszar - Attorney at Law, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
Norwalk, CT    Patricia Blair - Mediation Consultants LLC, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
Norwalk, CT    Stephen Keogh - Keogh - Burkhart & Vetter, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
Norwich, CT    Peter Anderson - Anderson Law Firm PC, New London County      Click to request assistance
Old Lyme, CT    Lynn Cravinho - O`Brien - Shafner: et. al., New London County      Click to request assistance
Old Lyme, CT    Suzanne Kitchings - Kitchings & Potter LLC, New London County      Click to request assistance
Orange, CT    Steven Floman - Cantor - Floman: et. al., New Haven County      Click to request assistance
Oxford, CT    Mary Chromik - Law Offfice of Mary S. Chromik, New Haven County      Click to request assistance
Riverside, CT    Daniel Fredland - CELA Attorney at Law, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
Riverside, CT    Donna Castronovo - Attorney at Law, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
Rockville, CT    Martin Burke - Attorney at Law, Tolland County      Click to request assistance
Rocky Hill, CT    Phyllis DiCara - DiCara Law, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
Seymour, CT    Frederick Stanek - May & Stanek PC, New Haven County      Click to request assistance
Simsbury, CT    Christopher Healy - Wealth Management Legal, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
Simsbury, CT    Huguet Pameijer - Attorney at Law, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
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Southington, CT    Valerie DePaolo - Sheffy - Mazzaccaro - et. al., Hartford County      Click to request assistance
Southport, CT    Jennifer Basciano - Brody - Wilkinson & Ober, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
Southport, CT    Lisa Kaseff - Brody - Wilkinson & Ober PC, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
Stamford, CT    Diserio Martin O'Connor & Castiglioni LLP, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
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Stamford, CT    Samuel Starks - Law Offices of Samuel Starks, Fairfield County      Click to request assistance
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Torrington, CT    Debra Brown - Law Office of Debra A. Brown, Litchfield County      Click to request assistance
Vernon, CT    Kristen Prout - Kahan - Keremsky & Capossela LLP, Tolland County      Click to request assistance
Vernon, CT    Laurel Mangan - Attorney at Law, Tolland County      Click to request assistance
Waterbury, CT    CELA Law Office of Julia M. Brown LLC, New Haven County      Click to request assistance
Waterbury, CT    Marilyn Toland - Toland Law Firm, New Haven County      Click to request assistance
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Waterford, CT    Linda Kidder - Linda J. Kidder Associates, New London County      Click to request assistance
Watertown, CT    Slavin - Stauffacher & Scott LLC, Litchfield County      Click to request assistance
West Hartford, CT    John Kearns CELA Kearns & Kearns PC, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
West Hartford, CT    Lisa Courser - Kearns & Kearns PC, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
West Hartford, CT    Nancy McLucas Attorney at Law, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
West Haven, CT    James Fischer - Fischer & Fischer LLC, New Haven County      Click to request assistance
Wethersfield, CT    Law Offices of Nancy W. Tonucci LLC, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
Wethersfield, CT    Dillman & Associates - Attorneys at Law, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
Wethersfield, CT    Dillman & Pope - Attorneys at Law, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
Wethersfield, CT    Thomas Kablik - Thomas M. Kablik PC, Hartford County      Click to request assistance
Willimantic, CT    Omar Shepard - Attorney at Law, Windham County      Click to request assistance
Windsor, CT    Stephen Brown - Johnson Dowe & Brown LLC, Hartford County      Click to request assistance

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About Elder Law and Medicaid Consultations

Elder Law Advice
Medicaid Advice (Medicaid Planning)

 

Elder Law Advice

An attorney specializing in elder law helps older people and their families or caregivers with elder-specific legal issues, estate planning and long term care planning.

Many of these attorneys spent a great deal of their time helping individuals or couples qualify for Medicaid and preserve assets from Medicaid spend down and recovery. Property ownership, special transfer allowances, application for hardship review, Miller trusts and family-beneficial use of spend down monies are areas where their services can protect family members and healthy spouses from undue hardship. Although they typically can't charge to fill out a Medicaid application, elder lawyers, through advice and guidance, can often accelerate the approval process saving the family a great deal of money. This often more than compensates for their fee.

On the other hand many elder attorneys do not just limit their practice to Medicaid planning but help elders and their families with all types of issues. Below is a partial list of what an elder or Elder Law attorney might do:

  • Preservation or transfer of assets seeking to avoid spousal impoverishment when a spouse enters a nursing home
  • Medicaid qualification and application and Medicaid planning strategies
  • Medicare claims and appeals
  • Social security and disability claims and appeals
  • Supplemental and long term health insurance issues
  • Disability planning, including use of durable powers of attorney, living trusts, "living wills," for financial management and health care decisions, and other means of delegating management and decision-making to another in case of incompetency or incapacity
  • Conservatorships and guardianships
  • Estate planning, including planning for the management of one's estate during life and its disposition on death through the use of trusts, wills and other planning documents
  • Probate
  • Administration and management of trusts and estates
  • Long term care placements in nursing home and life care communities
  • Nursing home issues including questions of patients' rights and nursing home quality
  • Elder abuse and fraud recovery cases
  • Housing issues, including discrimination and home equity conversions (reverse mortgage)
  • Age discrimination in employment
  • Retirement, including public and private retirement benefits, survivor benefits and pension benefits
  • Health law
  • Mental health law

 

Medicaid Advice (Medicaid Planning)

A person facing the prospect of long-term care with moderate income and assets may eventually have to rely on Medicaid to pay part or all of the cost of care. But many states rob a healthy spouse of a previously adequate income by allowing too little in protected resources and income. Likewise, children, relatives and friends are not recognized for the financial sacrifices they make in providing the early care before a recipient becomes bad enough to need Medicaid funded professional help.

Medicaid planning, using a professional Medicaid planning advisor or qualified elder law attorney, allows you to correct inequities in the system. Medicaid planning has gotten a bad name because some individuals, who would normally have too many assets to ever qualify for Medicaid, deliberately use it, many years in advance, to give away everything to their family so as to qualify for Medicaid. It is wrong to abuse the system in this way and to use taxpayer dollars to insure an inheritance for the family. And if that person is not anticipating immediate care, this strategy is just plain dumb.

Medicaid planning is no different from tax planning. In fact a Supreme Court decision condones honest methods of eliminating income taxes or estate taxes. Just like tax planning, Medicaid planning uses existing laws to structure legal strategies.

Tax planning and Medicaid planning both put an additional burden on taxpayers, but one is considered ethical and the other not.

We believe that all strategies have their place in the scheme of things. Medicaid planning fits certain circumstances usually where families are in a crisis mode trying to preserve a few assets such as a house or a savings plan. There is no attempt to take advantage of the taxpayers. Using other strategies for paying the cost of care is much better for a younger generation wanting a plan that will allow for home care, assisted living and a choice in care services.

 

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