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The answer is, yes, maybe. At USA.gov, there are tips for caregiver support including links to programs that could pay you to serve as a family caregiver. That site offers the following insight: A caregiver helps a person with special medical needs in performing daily activities. Tasks include shopping for food and cooking, cleaning the […]
Retirement accounts that qualify under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) are generally protected from creditors, bankruptcy proceedings and civil lawsuits. Ordinarily, the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA) of 2005 extends similar federal protection to IRAs up to $1 million (though money rolled over from an ERISA-qualified plan into an individual […]