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1. 1. MyWestTexas.com - Local News - 09/08/2005 - Attorney addresses elderly issues, new Medicaid regulations

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   Published on: 9/8/2005   Last Visited: 9/8/2005

   Getting a power of attorney and changes to Medicaid are two things to consider for those with elderly parents, Midland attorney Mary Lou Cassidy told a gathering of Midland County Executive Women and their guests at the Petroleum Club Wednesday.
   
   New regulations, which went into effect in March, allow the state to put a lien against the homes of deceased Medicaid patients for reimbursement of expenses paid by the state -- with several exceptions.
   
   Cassidy, an attorney with the Stubbeman Law Firm, said if you were on Medicaid, or applied for it before March 1, it doesn't affect you.
   
   If there is a surviving spouse living in the residence, children under 21 living there or a disabled child in your family, the home cannot be taken, Cassidy said.
   
   Also, if there is an unmarried child living there who moved in a year before their parent moved into a nursing home, the home can't be taken, either. The assumption is they were taking care of their mother or father so they wouldn't have to go to a nursing home, she said.
   
   Hardship would also be created if the home is a working farm or ranch or taking the house forces someone on to Medicaid, she said.
   
   The house is vulnerable if it is worth more than $100,000 on the tax rolls. Also, if people living in the home are below poverty level it's a hardship, she said.
   
   To qualify for Medicaid, you must have assets, excluding one house and one car, of less than $2,000 and a monthly income of less than $1,700, Cassidy said.
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   "If you don't have long-term care insurance, get it," Cassidy said.

2. 2. MyWestTexas.com - Local News - 11/02/2005 - LESSON IN LEAVING: Former receptionist-cashier (and savvy investor) leaves $867,000 to 25 local charities

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   Published on: 11/2/2005   Last Visited: 11/3/2005

   "She spent a year and a half with (estate attorney) Mary Lou Cassidy and we met together and Mary Lou advised her on how to structure that in her will.
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   "She was sort of a secret millionaire, but she didn't flaunt that," said Mary Lou Cassidy, an attorney with Stubbeman McRae Sealy Laughlin and Browder.
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   "She went back and forth over the percentages until the day she died," Cassidy said.
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   ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECEIVED FROM 6-7.5 PERCENT OF ALICE MOXEY'S STOCK PORTFOLIO (Amounting to a bequest of approximately $50,000 each, according to estate attorney Mary Lou Cassidy):
   
   Midland SPCA

3. 3. SIPES (Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists

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   Published on: 6/29/2002   Last Visited: 3/4/2003

   "Annual Spouse Night Dinner" Speaker: Mary Lou Cassidy Where: Midland Country Club Time: Cocktail Hour: 6:00-7:00 PM Dinner: 7:00-8:00 PM Program: 8:00-9:00 PM Cost: Spouses: $25.00 (Pay at the door)
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   Mary Lou Cassidy has been practicing law for over twenty-three years with Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy, Laughlin & Browder, Inc. Originally trained in oil and gas law, Mary Lou has added wills, probate and elder law to her practice over the last ten years. She is licensed in both Texas and New Mexico. Mary Lou is a popular book reviewer and public speaker on both oil and gas and elder law issues. A native Midlander, she is active in a variety of civic organizations, including serving as president of the Midland United Way in 2001. A bit of trivia: Mary Lou was "Satgnasia," hostess of the "Boo Theater" horror movies on KMID-TV, 1972-1975. She is also one of the founders of the Maverick Players, a new theater group in Midland and recently appeared in the Maverick production of "Gladys in Wonderland." Mary Lou holds degrees from Austin College and Texas Tech School of Law. She has been honored as a distinguished alumna of both Austin College and Midland High School.
   
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   Luncheon Meetings: Fairmont Hotel - The Blue Room, 3rd Tuesday, each month from September through May. Cash bar 11:30 A.M.. Lunch 12:00 Noon.