Can a special needs trust hold child support? Yes, but only if it’s the correct kind of trust. There are two categories of special needs trusts (SNT) – a first-party trust and a third-party trust. A first-party trust holds money that belongs to the beneficiary. For example if Susan is disabled and wins a lawsuit, […]
Following the federal government’s lead, New Jersey may soon allow Medicaid to cover advance care planning. Medicare recently announced that it would pay for beneficiaries to have conversations with their doctors regarding their wishes for end of life care (called advance care planning in medical / legal parlance). Following suit, the New New Jersey […]
Seniors (and some disabled people) are a natural target for people up to financial no-good. Seniors and disabled people may be more dependent on others, which can make them easy targets. Some defenses are just a matter of common sense. Don’t disclose passwords or account personal identification numbers/words and don’t make them easy to guess. Thus, you never […]
Over the 30+ years I’ve represented families of people with serious disabilities, many clients have asked how how to make gifts or leave an estate for a child/grandchild/other loved one with special needs without disqualifying the child for Supplemental Security Income, Medicaid, and other means tested government programs. If an individual with Medicaid or other […]
Medicare as of January 1, 2016 will start paying for patients to have conversations with their doctors about how they would like to die. In a thought-provoking New York Times article, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tina Rosenberg makes a powerful argument for why people should take advantage of this new provision. I’ve written about advance care […]
