Proposed Medicaid Rules Would Limit Help for Those With Special Needs
New rules issued by the Bush administration would drastically reduce the help those with special needs receive when leaving an institution.
Read moreNew rules issued by the Bush administration would drastically reduce the help those with special needs receive when leaving an institution.
Read moreSupport is building for new federal legislation, yet to be introduced, that would allow a military retiree to direct his Survivor Benefit Plan payments into a special needs trust for the benefit of his child with special needs, but your...
Read moreThis book offers a boilerplate special needs trust. Our reviewer finds many flaws and asks: Why would you want to scrimp on the one tool that will provide for your child'™s lifetime care?...
Read moreThe November 10 edition of the Wall Street Journal quotes Academy of Special Needs Planners (ASNP) co-founder Diedre Wachbrit and gives readers the Academy's Web address.
Read moreIn many cases, the trustee of a special needs trust should hire a professional investment adviser. Here are some guidelines for hiring one.
Read moreThe New Hampshire Supreme Court has put off the question of whether a special needs trust beneficiary is eligible for Medicaid until the state can locate its apparently lost Medicaid plan from 1972.
Read moreParents of children with special needs must be concerned with ensuring that medical and financial decisions will continue to be made in the child's best interest once the child reaches age 18 -- the age of legal capacity.
Read moreThe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently ruled that when a person dies, his or her IRA may be transferred to a child's SNT free of estate or gift taxes, and that required minimum distributions from that IRA to the SNT...
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