Areas of Practice
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Jarvis Law Office helps Ohio families plan for the future, pay for long-term care, and work through probate and guardianship. Each practice area below links to a full guide to how we handle it, and every matter is managed from our offices in Lancaster, Dublin, and St. Clairsville.
Estate Planning and Trusts
Plans that keep your decisions in your hands, protect what you have built, and spare your family an avoidable court process.
Estate Planning
Wills, trusts, and powers of attorney built around your family, your assets, and the care you may need later.
Trusts and Wills
Decide who receives what, name guardians for minor children, and choose the right way to pass it on.
Revocable Trusts
Keep full control of your assets during your lifetime and let them pass privately, without probate.
Irrevocable Trusts
Move assets out of your estate to shield them from long-term care costs, creditors, and estate taxes.
Special Needs Trusts
Provide for a loved one with a disability without putting SSI or Medicaid eligibility at risk.
Powers of Attorney
Name someone you trust to handle financial and health care decisions if you are unable to.
Advance Directives
Put your health care wishes in writing early, including after an early-onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis.
Asset Protection
Plan ahead so your savings and your home are not lost to long-term care costs or creditors.
Estate Tax Planning
Reduce estate and gift tax exposure so more of what you leave reaches the people you choose.
Charitable Planning
Support the causes you care about through gifts and trusts that also strengthen your estate plan.
Business Succession Planning
Decide who takes over your business and how, so it carries on after retirement, disability, or death.
Elder Law and Long-Term Care
Guidance for seniors and their families on paying for care, qualifying for benefits, and choosing the right care setting.
Elder Law
Legal and care planning for aging adults, from benefits and housing decisions to protecting a healthy spouse.
Medicaid Planning
Qualify for long-term care Medicaid while protecting as much of your savings and home as the law allows.
Spousal Asset Protection
Keep the spouse who stays at home financially secure when the other needs nursing home care.
Qualified Income Trusts
Use a Miller trust to qualify for Medicaid when monthly income is above the eligibility limit.
Medicaid Denial Appeals
Challenge a denied or terminated Medicaid application for a nursing home resident before deadlines pass.
Veterans Benefits
Apply for VA Aid and Attendance and other pension benefits that help veterans and surviving spouses pay for care.
Care Navigation
Find, compare, and coordinate home care, assisted living, and nursing care with a dedicated guide.
Memory Care Planning
Legal, financial, and care planning for families facing dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.
Probate and Guardianship
Help with the court process after a loved one passes, or when a family member can no longer make safe decisions alone.
Probate and Estate Administration
Guidance for executors and families through probate court, from the first filing to final distribution.
Guardianship
Seek guardianship of an aging parent, including situations where an existing power of attorney is disputed.
Emergency Conservatorship
Act quickly to protect a vulnerable adult’s finances or safety when there is no time to wait.
