Barbara Boone McGinnis

Barbara Boone McGinnis practices elder law at Takacs McGinnis Elder Care Law. She works in a field where legal documents meet daily care decisions. That meeting shapes finances, housing and health care for older adults and their families.

McGinnis completed formal legal training before entering practice. She has built a career around the practical, often detailed work that elder law requires. Her path has kept her close to both courtrooms and kitchen tables, wherever clients need clear legal guidance.

Her work covers the core areas of elder law. She handles estate planning and incapacity planning, preparing the documents people need to manage assets and health care choices if they cannot decide for themselves. Medicaid planning and long-term care planning are regular parts of her caseload. She also takes on guardianship and probate matters when families need formal legal authority or help settling an estate.

McGinnis represents individuals and families during transitions that can be abrupt or long anticipated. She helps clients weigh options when nursing home care or assisted living becomes necessary. She assists in structuring assets to qualify for public benefits while trying to preserve resources for a spouse or other dependents. The work often requires coordination with financial advisors, social workers and medical professionals.

In counseling clients, McGinnis emphasizes clear documents and realistic planning. She drafts powers of attorney, health care directives and trust instruments. She prepares petitions and appears in court when guardianship or probate proceedings are required. The practice can be transactional, but it sometimes requires litigation or contested hearings when disagreements arise.

Colleagues and clients describe her as steady under pressure and attentive to detail. She approaches each matter by breaking complex rules into steps that people can understand. Outside of immediate casework, she monitors changes in laws and benefit rules that affect older adults and their families.

She currently practices elder law at Takacs McGinnis Elder Care Law, focusing on estate and incapacity planning, Medicaid and long-term care planning, guardianship and probate matters.