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Richard M. Barron

Texas Elder Law Attorney Richard M. Barron

Richard M. Barron

Texas Elder Law Attorney Richard M. Barron

Richard M. Barron

Texas Elder Law Attorney Richard M. Barron

Richard M. Barron founded the Barron Law Firm in 1991. Mr. Barron holds a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from Southern Methodist University and received his Juris Doctorate degree from Texas Tech University School of Law. Mr. Barron is a frequent lecturer on Estate and Long Term Care Planning issues. Mr. Barron is a member of the Texas Bar Association, and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. He works extensively in Medicaid and Veterans Planning to assist families across Texas to obtain these services for the care of their loved ones. The Barron Law Firm emphasizes the areas of elder law, estate, Medicaid, Veterans and long term care planning. The firm has extensive experience working with families, individuals, nursing homes, assisted living and adult retirement facilities. Barron Law helps to educate and assist seniors and families in preserving and protecting assets from both probate and the ravages of long term care costs. To achieve this, the firm uses special needs trusts, living trusts, wills, powers of attorney and accompanying documents. The firm encourages professional development of staff through continuing legal education, including teaching and community involvement in professional associations and civic activities. Mr. Barron is an accredited attorney with the Department of Veteran Affairs. He holds a Second Degree black Belt in Tae Kwan Do, and is also a Veteran of the Vietnam War. While in Viet Nam, Mr. Barron served as a Cobra Helicopter Aircraft Commander, and is the recipient of twenty-eight Air Medals; the Distinguished Flying Cross; the Air Medal for Valor; the Bronze Star; a Purple Heart; and the Vietnamese Cross for Gallantry. Mr. Barron is married to Glenda and lives in Lake Kiowa, Texas with their bull terrier, Brutus.

Firm Description

Barron Law Firm is a trusted Elder Care Guide for Seniors, Veterans and those who love them. Barron Law Firm provides Medicaid, Veterans and Estate Planning. Barron Law Firm has educational e-courses on the web site covering "How to Build a Fortress Around Your Estate", "Don't Go Broke in a Nursing Home", "The Nuts and Bolts Guide to VA Benefits" and "The Alzheimer's Resource Center" a must for any caregiver, especially someone caring for someone with dementia or Alzheimers. We will also provide you strategies on how you can keep more of your lifetime savings, income, the family home, farm, and business as well as how to protect your spouse or your family from the cost of long term care. Our goal is to never let you run out of money so you never run out of options.

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Tuesday 9:00 AM 5:00 PM
Wednesday 9:00 AM 5:00 PM
Thursday 9:00 AM 5:00 PM

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209 E. Main St.
Whitesboro, TX 76273

1400 Preston Rd.
Plano, TX 75093

1308 Teasley Rd.
Suite 246
Denton, TX 76205

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Medicaid 101
What Medicaid Covers

In addition to nursing home care, Medicaid may cover home care and some care in an assisted living facility. Coverage in your state may depend on waivers of federal rules.

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How to Qualify for Medicaid

To be eligible for Medicaid long-term care, recipients must have limited incomes and no more than $2,000 (in most states). Special rules apply for the home and other assets.

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Medicaid’s Protections for Spouses

Spouses of Medicaid nursing home residents have special protections to keep them from becoming impoverished.

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What Medicaid Covers

In addition to nursing home care, Medicaid may cover home care and some care in an assisted living facility. Coverage in your state may depend on waivers of federal rules.

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How to Qualify for Medicaid

To be eligible for Medicaid long-term care, recipients must have limited incomes and no more than $2,000 (in most states). Special rules apply for the home and other assets.

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Medicaid’s Protections for Spouses

Spouses of Medicaid nursing home residents have special protections to keep them from becoming impoverished.

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Medicaid Planning Strategies

Careful planning for potentially devastating long-term care costs can help protect your estate, whether for your spouse or for your children.

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Estate Recovery: Can Medicaid Take My House After I’m Gone?

If steps aren't taken to protect the Medicaid recipient's house from the state’s attempts to recover benefits paid, the house may need to be sold.

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Help Qualifying and Paying for Medicaid, Or Avoiding Nursing Home Care

There are ways to handle excess income or assets and still qualify for Medicaid long-term care, and programs that deliver care at home rather than in a nursing home.

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Are Adult Children Responsible for Their Parents’ Care?

Most states have laws on the books making adult children responsible if their parents can't afford to take care of themselves.

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Applying for Medicaid

Applying for Medicaid is a highly technical and complex process, and bad advice can actually make it more difficult to qualify for benefits.

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Alternatives to Medicaid

Medicare's coverage of nursing home care is quite limited. For those who can afford it and who can qualify for coverage, long-term care insurance is the best alternative to Medicaid.

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ElderLaw 101
Estate Planning

Distinguish the key concepts in estate planning, including the will, the trust, probate, the power of attorney, and how to avoid estate taxes.

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Grandchildren

Learn about grandparents’ visitation rights and how to avoid tax and public benefit issues when making gifts to grandchildren.

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Guardianship/Conservatorship

Understand when and how a court appoints a guardian or conservator for an adult who becomes incapacitated, and how to avoid guardianship.

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Health Care Decisions

We need to plan for the possibility that we will become unable to make our own medical decisions. This may take the form of a health care proxy, a medical directive, a living will, or a combination of these.

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Estate Planning

Distinguish the key concepts in estate planning, including the will, the trust, probate, the power of attorney, and how to avoid estate taxes.

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Grandchildren

Learn about grandparents’ visitation rights and how to avoid tax and public benefit issues when making gifts to grandchildren.

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Guardianship/Conservatorship

Understand when and how a court appoints a guardian or conservator for an adult who becomes incapacitated, and how to avoid guardianship.

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Health Care Decisions

We need to plan for the possibility that we will become unable to make our own medical decisions. This may take the form of a health care proxy, a medical directive, a living will, or a combination of these.

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Long-Term Care Insurance

Understand the ins and outs of insurance to cover the high cost of nursing home care, including when to buy it, how much to buy, and which spouse should get the coverage.

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Medicare

Learn who qualifies for Medicare, what the program covers, all about Medicare Advantage, and how to supplement Medicare’s coverage.

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Retirement Planning

We explain the five phases of retirement planning, the difference between a 401(k) and an IRA, types of investments, asset diversification, the required minimum distribution rules, and more.

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Senior Living

Find out how to choose a nursing home or assisted living facility, when to fight a discharge, the rights of nursing home residents, all about reverse mortgages, and more.

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Social Security

Get a solid grounding in Social Security, including who is eligible, how to apply, spousal benefits, the taxation of benefits, how work affects payments, and SSDI and SSI.

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Special Needs Planning

Learn how a special needs trust can preserve assets for a person with disabilities without jeopardizing Medicaid and SSI, and how to plan for when caregivers are gone.

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Veterans Benefits

Explore benefits for older veterans, including the VA’s disability pension benefit, aid and attendance, and long-term care coverage for veterans and surviving spouses.

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