Special Needs Trusts

For many who are unable to work because of severe disabilities, government programs such as Supplemental Security Income and Medicaid provide critical benefits. These programs ensure access to health care and offer limited financial support for basic needs. However, these are means-tested benefits programs, meaning that the benefits are only available to those with demonstrated ...

Many children with disabilities need specific guidance and assistance to make the best of the world around them. When they turn 18, however, the legal protections they had as children dissolve as they become legal adults. They have new rights and responsibilities, but there may be instances when they are not able to make complex ...