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Articles From Charles LeFebvre

From your editors By Charles LeFebvre & Heather McPherson Elder Law, February 2012 An introduction to the issue from Co-editors Charles LeFebvre and Heather McPherson.
From your editors By Heather McPherson & Charles LeFebvre Elder Law, December 2011 An introduction to the issue from Editors Heather McPherson and Chuck LeFebvre.
Casenote: Estate recovery against the estate of medicaid recipient’s surviving spouse violates federal law By Charles LeFebvre Elder Law, June 2005 The case of Hines v. Department of Public Aid, No. 3-04-0162, 2005 WL 1218677 (May 20, 2005), arose after the department provided Medicaid benefits to Julius Hines from August 1994 until his death in July 1997.
Here’s why you should know about the Statutory Declaration for Mental Health Treatment By Charles LeFebvre Elder Law, June 2005 A durable health care power of attorney can be a useful instrument for assisting clients as part of an estate plan or, in the case of aging clients, to address specific concerns that the client may have medical needs and be incapable of using appropriate judgment when these needs arise due to mental deterioration.
A primer on caregiver stress for the elder law practitioner By Charles LeFebvre Elder Law, June 2004 Most practitioners realize that the elder law practice is not so much assisting clients and their families with the legal affairs associated with aging-the typical definition.
Medicaid planning—Understanding the differences between Illinois and federal community spouse asset allowances By Charles LeFebvre Elder Law, June 2003 A senior couple walks into your office with the following problem: One of them has recently been diagnosed with a degenerative disease, which will eventually lead to nursing home placement.

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