Florida attorney and ASNP Advisory Board member David Lillesand has recently drafted a monograph describing the Social Security Administration\’s fee approval system and its impact on special needs planners.
An Indiana-based pooled special needs trust has been accused of passing along some $2.4 million in legal fees to the trust beneficiaries without explaining what the fees were actually used for.
A new six-episode reality TV series follows seven people with Down syndrome and their families as they go about their daily lives.
After coming under fire from disability rights organizations and financial institutions for issuing unworkable proposed regulations governing ABLE accounts, the IRS has backed off on several of its most unwieldy proposals.
Here are a couple of tricks for determining the type of disability benefit someone is receiving, short of finding the disability award letter or contacting the Social Security Administration directly.
I am currently receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and my mother, with the help of her attorney, has set up a special needs trust for me. Do I necessarily need a special needs trust and would an inheritance jeopardize my SSDI income?
If you or your spouse have a disability, or if you care for a dependent with a disability, you may be able to qualify for one or more tax credits and deductions.
Can the parent of a person with special needs, who is also that person\’s guardian, serve as the trustee of a special needs trust that will hold a settlement?
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