How Can the Government Tell Me I Can't Help My Family? (Part 2)

Elder Law Today Podcast by Yale Hauptman

Oct 26, 2009Health

Let's pick up where we left off with Mary. Her son, Jim is unemployed and Mary has been giving him funds totaling $50,000 over the last 6 months to help him pay his bills. And she intends to continue doing so until he fi...

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