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Special Needs Trusts Update

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Means-tested public benefit programs such as Medicaid (which provides health insurance and payment for skilled care andother medical expenses), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Chocolate Cake, Purple Hair Dye, & Lorrie Morgan: Special Needs Planning Done Right

What do chocolate cake, purple hair dye, Lorrie Morgan, and Alexa have in common? On first or even second glance, most of you would find nothing that these random things have in common, unless you know a gentleman named Doug....more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Who Can Set Up the ABLE Account?

ABLE accounts, new tax-free saving accounts for people with disabilities, hold great promise for special needs planning. But among the many questions surrounding ABLE plans is who can open accounts? Only the person with a...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

ABLE accounts benefit disabled family members

For families with disabled loved ones who are potentially eligible for means-tested government benefits such as Medicaid or Supplemental Security Income, estate planning can be a challenge. One potential tool is to open a...more

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New York Special Needs Act Becomes Law

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Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed legislation which amends New York law to allow mentally-competent disabled individuals under age 65 to establish a first-party Special Needs Trust without court petition. ...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Insight on Estate Planning - October/November 2017

In This Issue: - Social Security benefits When is the right time to begin receiving payments? - Planning ahead after a divorce - ABLE accounts benefit disabled family members - Estate planning pitfall: You chose...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Tax-Advantaged Savings Accounts for Individuals with Special Needs Finally Available in Rhode Island

In 2014, new federal legislation was enacted to help relieve the financial strain often faced by so many individuals with disabilities or special needs. The Achieving a Better Life Experience Act (“ABLE Act”) was signed into...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

House Overwhelmingly Passes SNT Fairness Act

The Special Needs Trust Fairness Act, a bill that would allow people with disabilities to create their own first-party special needs trusts without having to rely on others, has passed the House of Representatives by a vote...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Senate Passes Special Needs Trust Fairness Act; Focus Shifts to House

The Senate has unanimously approved the Special Needs Trust Fairness Act, a bill that would allow people with disabilities to create their own first-party special needs trusts without having to rely on others. Now that...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Care Committees Help Trustees Make Decisions When They Don't Know It All

Do you know one person who is an expert in disability law, housing, medicine, social work and, on top of all that, knows all of the members of your family and how they interact with one another? If you do, this person should,...more

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The ABLE Act

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Although the Achieving a Better Life Experience Act (or ABLE Act) was signed into law on December 19, 2014, many states have been waiting to offer ABLE accounts authorized by the Act until the IRS published regulations. The...more

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