Special Needs Answers
Questions & Answers
How Can I Protect a Special Needs Trust from Those Who Prey on Vulnerable Beneficiaries?
An inheritance from parents who fund their child's special needs trust by will rather than by revocable living trust is in the public record. Predators are particularly attracted to vulnerable beneficiaries, such as the young and those with limited self-protective...
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Can Others Contribute to My Child's Special Needs Trust?
Why Is It Important to Have an Attorney Who Specializes in Special Needs Trusts?
Why Not Just Disinherit a Child with Special Needs?
Many disabled people rely on SSI, Medicaid or other government benefits to provide food and shelter. You may have been advised to disinherit your child with special needs - the child who needs your help most -- to protect that...
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Will Trust Income Affect SSI Eligibility?
Income paid from a special needs trust to a beneficiary will reduce SSI benefits by one dollar for every dollar paid to him or her directly. In addition, payments by the trust to the beneficiary for food or housing are...
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Can I Create a Special Needs Trust and Still Be Eligible for Medicaid and SSI?
Each public benefits program has restrictions that the special needs trust must comply with in order not to jeopardize the beneficiary's continued eligibility for public benefits. Both Medicaid and SSI are quite restrictive, making it difficult for a beneficiary to...
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How Can I Fund a Special Needs Trust?
A parent with a child with special needs should consider buying life insurance to help fund the special needs trust set up for the child's support. What may look like a substantial sum to leave in trust today may run...
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What Is a Special (Supplemental) Needs Trust?
Special needs trusts (also known as "supplemental needs" trusts) allow a disabled beneficiary to receive gifts, lawsuit settlements, or other funds and yet not lose his or her eligibility for certain government programs. Such trusts are drafted so that the...
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