Publications
Hook Law Center is happy to provide the following resources. Please click on any subject below to see a list of related articles. All publications are also available for download.
Estate Planning
- Estate Planning for Second Marriages
- Estate Planning Reminders
- Asset Protection Planning
- Financial Planning
- Estate Planning Guide
- The Virginia Uniform Power of Attorney Act
- What Blended Families Should Know About Estate Planning
- What it Means to be a Trustee – A Guide for Clients
- Providing for Your Grandchildren
- Providing for Your Pets
- The Benefits of Bloodline Trusts
- What You Should Know About Planned Giving
- Vacation Area Homes – Tax and Management Issues
- Estate Planning For Parents Of Children With Special Needs
- Estate Planning Glossary
- Estate Planning Basics
- Charitable Gifts
- Estate Plan for Unmarried and Same Sex Couples in Virginia
- Durable Powers Of Attorneys – Not Just Forms
- General Durable Powers Of Attorney
- Advance Medical Directives
- Planning for Parents of Children with Special Needs
- Estate Planning Questionnaire-single
- Estate Planning Questionnaire-married
- Estate Planning for Pet Owners
Estate & Trust Administration
- What it Means to be a Trustee – A Guide for Clients
- A Guide to the Administration of Decedent’s Estates
- What is Probate?
- Trust and Estate Administration Acts
- Problems with Dying Intestate
- Duties Of An Executor
- Types Of Trusts
Long-term Care Planning
- Your Guide to Choosing A Nursing Home
- Medicare At A Glance
- Resolving Your Nursing Home’s Medicaid Challenges
- Long-Term Care Planning Guide
- Elder Law: Asset Protection Planning Explained
- Virginia Medicaid Explanation
Veterans Benefits
- Veterans Benefits Flyer
- Enrolling in Veterans Health Care
- State Veterans Nursing Homes
- VA Benefits Handout – with Appendices
Tax Information
Financial Services
Guardianship & Conservatorship
- Guardianship and Conservatorship Proceedings Regarding Incapacitated Adults
- What is a Representative Payee?
- What is a Guardianship or Conservatorship?
- Guardianships
Personal Injury Consulting
- Qualified Settlement Funds
- Medicare Secondary Payor Compliance
- Working with Litigators to Protect Personal Injury Settlements
- Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements in Third Party Liability Cases
- Wrapping Up the Personal Injury Settlement
- Lien Resolution in Personal Injury Cases
Useful Publications
- The Autism Perspective – SNA Article
- RIA Estate Planning Journal article on The Elder Law Durable Power of Attorney
- Information on RIA Publication “Representing the Elderly or Disabled Client,” co-authored by Thomas D. Begley Jr. and Andrew H. Hook
- Life Care Planning at Hook Law Center: Where Sensitivity Meets Solution
- What is Elder Law?
- What is a CELA?
- Obtaining or Refusing Treatments that Reflect the Client’s Wishes
- Frequently Asked Questions about Hook Law Center’s Fees
- Ten Questions for Aging Parents
Personal Care Management
Special Needs Planning
- ABLE Account, Special Needs and Pooled Trust Comparison Chart
- Special Needs Alliance Brochure
- What Happens When I Turn 18?
- Special Needs Trusts for Litigation Proceeds
- Supplemental Security Income
- Checklist for Special Needs Settlement Planning
- Striking a Balance with Structured Settlements
- SSI Eligibility and Special Needs Trusts
- Selecting the Trustee of a Special Needs Trust
- Buying a Home for a Person with Disabilities
- Estate Planning for Parents of Children With Special Needs
- When is an Irrevocable Special Needs Trust Revocable?
- Administering a Special Needs Trust – A Handbook for Trustees
- Special Needs Planning – It is more than drafting a Trust
- Using Public Benefits to Pay for Matrimonial Settlements
- Using Self-Settled Special Needs Trusts to Protect Public Benefits
- Planning for Parents of Children with Special Needs
- Third Party Special Needs Trust