Hamilton County, Nebraska operated a nursing home facility in Aurora. This is common throughout Nebraska. The name of the facility was Hamilton Manor.
Nelda Ackerson was a lifelong resident of Hamilton County. She was grateful for the services she and her sister received at Hamilton Manor so she left it $875,000 in her will. She died in June 2017.
Hamilton Manor experienced financial difficulties and the County ended up lending it $925,500. A for-profit operator was brought in to manage the nursing home. Eventually, the for-profit company built a new nursing home and the County closed the old building in April 2018.
Mrs. Ackerson's ...
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Disinheriting a Child
I always tell people that they have no right to an inheritance from a parent. I also tell people that debt comes before equity. All creditors must be paid by an estate before people listed in a will or trust get a dime.
That being said, you can disinherit a child but if you do so it has to be done correctly. The best way is to mention the child by name and then state that the child is to receive nothing or a token amount. It is not a good idea to list why this decision was made. In some cases, the child has received money from the parent during the parent's life.
In a recent case out of Douglas County, the deceased did not mention his ...
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Pay your sisters!
Dad's will provided that his wife would have a life estate in 200 acres of Buffalo County, Nebraska real estate. Smart move as that meant that the full value of the real estate was not in her estate for Medicaid purposes. In fact, the Unicameral closed this loophole in 2017 but there are still ways for mom to qualify for Medicaid without becoming impoverished.
Dad's will also provided that his son had a remainder interest in the real estate subject to paying 40% of the appraised value to his sisters. There was an equitable lien on the real estate too if the brother didn't pay his sisters. After Dad died and his will probated, a Deed of ...
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