Actions during your lifetime: Establish a Third Party Supplemental Needs Trust for your child with a disability. Read why Third Party SNT's are so useful and popular George H. Gray / Tuesday, January 17, 2017 0 2132 Article rating: No rating It is natural to want to make the resources of your immediate and extended family available to your child with a disability without jeopardizing his or her eligibility for means-tested government benefits. This is the reason why a Third Party Supplemental Needs Trust is so useful and popular. Read more
Actions prior to age sixty-five: Establish a First Party Special Needs Trust A brief explanation of the advantages and operation of a First Party Special Needs Trust George H. Gray / Wednesday, January 11, 2017 0 2192 Article rating: No rating If the amount of a gift, inheritance or personal injury award received by your child exceeds the resource limits for Supplemental Security Income or Medicaid, it will jeopardize his or her eligibility for those means-tested government benefits Read more
Actions Prior to Age 18: Secure Article 17-A Guardianship Article 17-A Guardianship is an important tool available to a parent of an intellectually or developmentally disabled child George H. Gray / Saturday, January 7, 2017 0 2508 Article rating: 5.0 Read why a parent of a young adult with an intellectual or developmental disability should go to Court to seek appointment as an Article 17-A Guardian Read more
Actions Prior to Age 18: Have Family Members Communicate and Coordinate Gifts to Your Child To make the most of special needs planning: communication is the key George H. Gray / Thursday, January 5, 2017 0 2283 Article rating: No rating An important task you can complete prior to the time your child turns eighteen is to have a candid conversation with your parents and sibling. If they are disposed to make a significant gift to your child by Will or otherwise, you should ask them to coordinate their efforts and to make their large gifts to a Third Party Supplemental Needs Trust. Read more
Actions a Parent Should Consider for a Special Needs Child What a parent can do to enhance the life of a special needs child George H. Gray / Saturday, December 31, 2016 0 2229 Article rating: No rating There are a great many things which a parent does for his or her child with special needs. This Blog lists six actions. Read more
