Financial Planning

The early withdrawal penalty has been very effective at forcing retirement plan owners to keep money in their retirement accounts, but if a retirement account owner becomes disabled, the IRS will waive the 10 percent early withdrawal penalty.

Do you have a retirement plan in place that will provide enough income for you to take care of a loved one with special needs once you have stopped working? Here are some things to consider when planning for retirement.

People with disabilities may be able to obtain a student loan discharge if they meet certain requirements. Here's how.

You want to ensure that your child with special needs will remain financially secure even when you are no longer there to provide support, but determining how much a special needs trust (SNT) should hold is no small feat. ...

In many cases, the trustee of a special needs trust should hire a professional investment adviser. Here are some guidelines for hiring one.

Some parents choose to avoid the complication of a trust by leaving their estates to one or more of their healthy children, relying on them to use the funds for the benefit of their disabled siblings. This is not a...

When you add a special needs trust to a financial aid calculation, things can get complicated because the regulations governing federal financial aid don't do a very good job of distinguishing special needs trusts from other types of trusts.

The government prepares a budget. Businesses and families prepare budgets. A special needs trust should be no different.

ABLE accounts, the new tax-free savings accounts for people with disabilities, can be used in many creative ways to make a big difference to families with special needs children.