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.
A New York Times article on special needs planning for those over age 65 features Special Needs Answers, ASNP and one of its member attorneys . . .
We at the Academy of Special Needs Planners (ASNP) are pleased to announce that California special needs planning attorney Kevin Urbatsch has joined our Advisory Board.
The 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...
The 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.
"An Estate Plan Built For Special Needs", an article originally published in the Wall Street Journal on October 9, 2008. Reporter Rachel Emma Silverman interviews ASNP Co-Founder, Harry Margolis and ASNP Advisory Board member, Michael Gilfix.
Senator Kennedy and his son, Representative Kennedy, are advocating for differing federal mental health parity bills.
Workers who must pay for the care of a dependent relative, including a child with special needs, so that they can continue to work can get a significant tax benefit under a little-known provision of the Internal Revenue Code, the...
A development company run by the family of San Diego Chargers owner Alex Spanos has agreed to make some 12,300 apartment units accessible for people with disabilities in order to settle what is being called the largest housing accessibility...
