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	Are Your Legal Affairs in Order? Putting your legal affairs in order is important for a number of reasons. Some of the more important issues that Iowans, and especially older Iowans, should consider involve powers of attorney, living wills, and estate and Medicaid planning. By: Legal Hotline for Older Iowans Read this in: Bosnian / Bosanski


	Do You Need a Will? Iowa Law on distribution of property after a person's death, including what happens when someone dies without a will. By: Legal Hotline for Older Iowans


	Probate Questions and Answers Probate is the formal court process of distributing an estate at death. Probate is often necessary to transfer title to the estate's assets, settle claims of creditors, and resolve disputes between heirs or other people. Here are answers to some common questions about probate. By: Legal Hotline for Older Iowans


	Wills and Probate Questions & Answers When you die in Iowa, your property can be transferred by trust, joint ownership or by naming a beneficiary for property like an IRA, insurance policy or bank account. Property can also be transferred at your death under Iowa's probate laws. By: Legal Hotline for Older Iowans


	Know How to Hold it - Pros and Cons of Certain Types of Property Ownership The manner in which you own your property can have important consequences. The common forms of ownership are sole ownership, joint tenancy with right of survivorship and tenancy in common. Each form of ownership has its pros and cons. By: Legal Hotline for Older Iowans


	Repayment of Medicaid under Iowa's Estate Recovery Law Iowa's Estate Recovery Law requires the state to be reimbursed from the estate of a person who has received benefits under certain Medicaid (Title 19) programs. By: Legal Hotline for Older Iowans


	What Is a Living Will? A living will is a written document authorizing health care providers to withhold or withdraw life sustaining procedures in certain cases. A life-sustaining procedure is any medical procedure, treatment or intervention which utilizes mechanical or artificial means to sustain, restore, or supplant a spontaneous vital function, and which serves only to prolong the dying process. By: Legal Hotline for Older Iowans Read this in: Bosnian / Bosanski


	Substitute Decision-Making Competent individuals have the right to make all sorts of decisions about their lives. Examples are the right to decide about getting health care, and what kind of care to get. What does it mean to be competent and who makes decisions for someone who is not competent? By: Iowa Legal Aid


	Inheritances and SSI People who get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) know they need to report changes in income and resources to the Social Security Administration (SSA). Most people do not think they need to do anything until they actually get the money. If you get SSI and you are going to inherit something, that could create a problem. You could end up having an overpayment or even lose your SSI benefits. By: Iowa Legal Aid


	Do You Need a Will? (Separate Website) Information from the Iowa State Bar Association


	Joint Tenancy (Separate Website) Joint tenancy is a way for two or more persons to share equally in the ownership of property. When one of the owners dies, the entire property belongs to the surviving owner(s). By: Iowa State Bar Association


	Common Legal Terms (Separate Website) An online glossary of legal terms from A to W By: Iowa Judicial Branch


	Elder Law Seminar Videos Presentations from the 2007 series of programs for older Iowans and their caregivers. (High speed Internet connection needed to view) By: Iowa Legal Aid


	Estate Planning (Separate Website) Designed to acquaint the reader with the considerations, problems, and tools available in estate planning. (59-page pdf) By: Iowa State University Extension


	Life and Death Decisions Iowans have two simple ways to make their desires known in advance about medical treatment if they become incompentent: Living Will and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care. By: Iowa Legal Aid


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