Legal Services / Elder Law

Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, LLC

he population of Maine and of the United States is aging. Laws and regulations affecting the elderly and their families are increasingly complex. In light of these trends, Norman Hanson DeTroy offers a range of services to assist its clients who are senior citizens or who are the adult relatives of senior citizens:

• Preparing financial and health care powers of attorney
• Drafting wills and trusts
• Advising about tax and other implications of gifting assets to family members
• Protecting assets when your spouse is about to enter long term care
• Working to qualify you for MaineCare (Medicaid)
• Filing petitions for appointment as guardian or conservator, and
• Arranging house calls for homebound, nursing home-bound, and hospital-bound clients.