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Why to Start Future Planning When Your Child with Special Needs Is Young
Starting to future plan while your child with special needs is young could produce unexpected benefits. In addition to setting up wills and medical directives for everyone in your immediate family, you should talk to your own parents about their …
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Estate Planning for Your Extended Family
When estate planning for your family’s future, don’t forget that extended family members may need to change their plans too if they want to help your child with special needs. This article described some common situations that arise when well-meaning relatives …
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Can a Person with Special Needs Establish His Own Trust?
As of December 30, 2016, individuals with special needs who have capacity can establish their own special needs trusts. See 21st Century Cures Act, P.L. 114-255, Section 5007 (2016). Previously, first party self-settled special needs trusts could only be created with the help …
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