Appointment of an independent plenary guardian of the person and estate of an incapacitated person, and not a family member, is appropriate to protect the incapacitated person’s special needs trust when multiple family members live in the house owned and … Continue reading
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The “21st Century Cures Act,” H.R. 34, which was signed into law on December 13, 2016, becoming P.L. 114-255, made a change to the Social Security Act in order to allow people with disabilities to create their own Medicaid-qualifying trusts … Continue reading
When two trusts for the same beneficiary have different remaindermen, and one trust is a special needs trust created by her parents and the other is a self-settled irrevocable special needs trust, the court found that the intentions of the … Continue reading