When you create a trust as part of your estate plan, you take control over what ultimately happens with your legacy. If all you have in your estate plan is a standard will, your authority over your legacy ends when your executor distributes property to your family...
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Principled Advocacy For Families And Individuals With Disabilities And The Professionals Who Serve Them
Month: July 2021
Special needs trusts: Understanding how they work
A special needs trust can be an amazing lifeline for someone with special needs. It’s a way to provide them with additional assets and support without affecting their local, state or government benefits. Since many people with special needs outlive their parents or...
Why healthy, young professionals need to make a living will
People associate estate planning with reaching a certain age. Young, healthy adults often assume they don't have to think about estate planning for a couple of decades or can at least wait until they have children. That attitude is on the one hand understandable but...
3 conditions that could necessitate a guardianship
Finding out that your loved one has a debilitating medical condition may cause many different emotional reactions. You may feel anxious about their future and worried about whether you will have the same condition eventually. You may also fear that your loved one will...