Downs Law Firm, P.C.
If you have a child or grandchild with disabilities, one of your biggest worries is what will happen when you are no longer around to provide aid.
ABLE accounts are a way for people with disabilities to save and spend money, while protecting their access to public benefits.
Trusts give parents of special-needs children additional options for extending care and financial assistance. However, you might need some expert help.
When you hear the word trust fund, you might think of wealthy kids a big chunk of cash on their 25th birthday. However, trust funds aren’t just for the rich. They are flexible tools to protect your loved ones.
It is critical that parents and grandparents give careful thought to any gift of money or bequest in an estate plan, when the recipient has special needs.
Both the state and federal government, administered through the Social Security Administration (SSA) and Medicaid, provide disabled individuals with a variety of life enhancing, and sometimes life sustaining, public benefits.
Bradford Lund tries to prove he is mentally capable of managing his affairs but is trapped in a probate system susceptible to predators.
As our children with disabilities grow older, and we ourselves grow older, the future can seem daunting. The future can be overwhelming.
Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives are looking to significantly increase that ceiling, with a bill introduced this month that would raise SSI’s asset limit to $10,000 for an individual and $20,000 for couples.
Transfer on death (TOD) accounts (also known as Totten trusts, in-trust-for accounts and payable-on-death accounts) allow spouses to pass small estates in a simple, convenient way.
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