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What is Medicaid?
How Medicaid differs from Medicare, how Ohio tests income and resources for long-term care, what the look-back period is, and why transferring assets to family in a panic usually backfires.
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Empowering You to Plan Ahead
You deserve to feel confident and in control when shaping your family's future. Proper planning, whether for estate administration, Medicaid, or long-term asset protection, starts with understanding your choices. We've gathered these guides and resources to empower you to take an active, informed role in your planning journey.
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How to Protect Your Home and Assets from Probate in Ohio
The firm's complete twelve chapter guide, 2026 edition. Probate and what avoids it, Ohio's small estate shortcuts, transfer on death affidavits, survivorship deeds, trusts, beneficiary designations, vehicles, tax, and a county by county resource list.
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Client Portal
For existing clients. Your portal is opened by the firm and the invitation arrives by email, so if you have not been invited to one yet, call the office rather than registering.
About this page. This is general information about Ohio law, not legal advice, and it is not a statement about your own situation. Reading it does not create an attorney client relationship, and neither does contacting the firm. Please do not send confidential information until representation is agreed in writing. Nothing here promises that anyone will qualify for a benefit, keep a particular asset, or avoid a particular cost.
Responsible for this content: Csilla E. Smith, Esq., admitted to the Ohio bar in 1988, Heritage Law LLC, Broadview Heights, Ohio. 216-374-0815 · Csilla@HeritageLaw.io. Current as of 17 September 2026.