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Oh Wise Ones,</div>
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Do any of you have any recommendations to address the following fact pattern?</div>
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Mother is 82 years old and is in very, very good health.</div>
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Adult daughter has an alcohol problem and is presently in treatment, but it is a chronic condition and the chances of relapse are high.</div>
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Mother and daughter live together in a house that they both own, titled in their names.</div>
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Mother is very concerned that her daughter might get into an automobile accident or cause some other injury and that a potential plaintiff might come after the house to satisfy a judgment. Mother is also concerned that one day she might need money to pay for
the cost of long-term care and that her interest in the house may be the only asset she has to help meet those costs. </div>
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Neither of them can buy the other out. Of course, like everyone else is similar circumstances, they have been advised by non-attorneys that putting the house into a trust can magically solve all of their problems, and perhaps it could solve some of them. </div>
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Sorry if this sounds like a bar exam question, but I would be eternally grateful for the sage advice any of you might offer to help me help them.</div>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);"><i>Dewey </i></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Law Office of Dewey W. Weddle, PLLC</span></p>
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